Sensor Adjustment Method and Apparatus, and Electronic Device

ABSTRACT

A sensor adjustment method includes obtaining a folding status parameter, where the folding status parameter is used to describe a folding extent of a foldable device, and where a component of the foldable device in a folded state causes interference to a first sensor of the foldable device compared with a non-folded state; invoking a sensor adjustment corresponding to the folding status parameter; and adjusting a sensor operating parameter of the first sensor according to the sensor adjustment and/or performing data preprocessing on first sensor data collected by the first sensor.

TECHNICAL FIELD

This application relates to the field of intelligent terminaltechnologies, and in particular, to a sensor adjustment method andapparatus, and an electronic device.

BACKGROUND

A foldable device is a device that can change a shape of the foldabledevice by folding. The foldable device implements, by changing the shapeof the foldable device, a function change (for example,increasing/decreasing a visible region of a screen, changing a screenorientation, or changing a camera orientation), thereby bringing brandnew and better user experience. For example, with rapid development offlexible screens, various foldable screen mobile phone products emerge,to obtain a larger screen viewing experience with a smaller mobile phonesize.

A mobile terminal device such as a mobile phone is equipped with aplurality of sensors. These sensors work with a sensor response policydesigned in software to implement various functions.

However, compared with a non-foldable device, the foldable device has abrand new hardware structure. As a result, a working environment of asensor on the foldable device is different from a working environment ofa sensor on the non-foldable device. If a sensor response policy of thenon-foldable device is directly applied to the foldable device, thesensor usually has no response or a response error.

SUMMARY

For a problem that a sensor response policy of a non-foldable devicecannot be directly applied to a foldable device, this applicationprovides a sensor adjustment method and apparatus, and an electronicdevice, and this application further provides a computer-readablestorage medium, to provide a manner of adjusting a data collection modeof the foldable device. This avoids a case in which a sensor has noresponse or a response error due to device folding, and improve userexperience of the foldable device.

The following technical solutions are used in embodiments of thisapplication.

According to a first aspect, an embodiment of this application providesa sensor adjustment method, including:

obtaining a folding status parameter, where the folding status parameteris used to describe a folding extent of a foldable device, and acomponent of the foldable device in a folded state causes firstinterference to a first sensor of the foldable device compared with thatin a non-folded state;

invoking a sensor adjustment policy corresponding to the folding statusparameter; and

performing an adjustment operation on the first sensor according to thesensor adjustment policy to eliminate impact of the first interference,where the adjustment operation includes: adjusting a sensor operatingparameter of the first sensor, and/or performing data preprocessing onfirst sensor data collected by the first sensor.

The method in the first aspect can eliminate adverse impact caused bydevice folding of the foldable device on the sensor of the foldabledevice, ensure that the sensor operates normally, and a sensor responseoperation corresponding to the sensor data can be correctly implemented.Further, the method in the first aspect can correctly implement thesensor response policy without modifying an existing sensor responsepolicy. This greatly reduces a workload of a developer while ensuringuser experience of the foldable device.

In a feasible implementation of the first aspect, before the invoking asensor adjustment policy corresponding to the folding status parameter,the method further includes:

generating corresponding sensor adjustment policies for differentfolding status parameters, and including:

determining a data change amount or a data change range caused by thefirst interference in first sensor data corresponding to the differentfolding status parameters; and

setting the sensor adjustment policy based on the data change amount orthe data change range caused by the first interference.

In a feasible implementation of the first aspect, the setting the sensoradjustment policy based on the data change amount or the data changerange caused by the first interference includes:

setting the sensor adjustment policy to perform correction calculationon the first sensor data based on the data change amount or the datachange range caused by the first interference, to eliminate the datachange amount or the data change range caused by the first interferencein the first sensor data.

The method in the implementation can implement the correctioncalculation on the first sensor data according to the sensor adjustmentpolicy. This effectively eliminates the data change amount or the datachange range caused by the first interference in the first sensor data.

In a feasible implementation of the first aspect, the setting the sensoradjustment policy based on the data change amount or the data changerange caused by the first interference includes:

obtaining a first collected data grading policy for the first sensor inthe non-folded state, where the first collected data grading policyincludes a first collected data grading threshold;

determining, based on the first collected data grading threshold and thedata change amount or the data change range caused by the firstinterference, second collected data grading thresholds corresponding tothe different folding status parameters:

establishing, based on the second collected data grading thresholdscorresponding to the different folding status parameters, secondcollected data grading policies corresponding to the different foldingstatus parameters; and

setting the sensor adjustment policy to perform a grading operation onthe first sensor data based on the second collected data gradingpolicies, to determine a grade to which the first sensor data belongs.

The method in the implementation can implement grade division for thefirst sensor data according to the sensor adjustment policy, so that agrade division result under impact of the first interference tends to beconsistent with a grade division result when there is no firstinterference. This can effectively eliminate the data change amount orthe data change range caused by the first interference in the firstsensor data.

In a feasible implementation of the first aspect, the determining a datachange amount or a data change range caused by the first interference infirst sensor data corresponding to the different folding statusparameters includes:

separately obtaining, for a plurality of different sample environments,first sensor data corresponding to a non-folded state parameter anddifferent folding status parameters in each sample environment;

comparing, for a same sample environment, first sensor datacorresponding to a non-folded state parameter and different foldingstatus parameters, to generate a comparison result for the sampleenvironment; and

determining, with reference to the comparison result of each sampleenvironment, the data change amount or the data change range caused bythe first interference in first sensor data corresponding to thedifferent folding status parameters.

In a feasible implementation of the first aspect, the determining a datachange amount or a data change range caused by the first interference infirst sensor data corresponding to the different folding statusparameters includes:

parsing out a generation mechanism of the first interference based on arunning manner of the first sensor and a folding manner of the foldabledevice;

generating a first calculation function based on a parsing result of thegeneration mechanism of the first interference, where a parametervariable of the first calculation function includes the folding statusparameter and the data change amount or the data change range caused bythe first interference; and

calculating, based on the first calculation function, the data changeamount or the data change range caused by the first interference infirst sensor data corresponding to the different folding statusparameters.

In a feasible implementation of the first aspect, before the invoking asensor adjustment policy corresponding to the folding status parameter,the method further includes:

generating corresponding sensor adjustment policies for differentfolding status parameters, and including:

determining a first performance parameter when the first sensor operatesnormally in the non-folded state;

determining first sensor operating parameters corresponding to thedifferent folding status parameters, where the first sensor maintainsthe first performance parameter under impact of the first interferencebased on the first sensor operating parameters; and

setting the sensor adjustment policy to adjust a sensor operatingparameter of the first sensor to a first sensor operating parametercorresponding to the folding status parameter.

The method in the implementation can adjust the sensor operatingparameter of the sensor according to the sensor adjustment policy, sothat the sensor always maintains performance consistent with performancein the non-folded state.

In a feasible implementation of the first aspect, the folding statusparameter includes a folding extent grade, different folding extentgrades correspond to different folding angle ranges, and the obtaining afolding status parameter includes:

obtaining a current folding angle of the foldable device; and

determining, based on a preset angle range threshold, a folding extentgrade to which the current folding angle belongs.

In a feasible implementation of the first aspect, the obtaining afolding status parameter includes:

monitoring a folding status of the foldable device, and determiningwhether the folding status of the foldable device changes; and

after the folding status of the foldable device changes, obtaining thefolding status parameter when the change of the folding status ends.

The implementation obtains the folding status parameter only after thefolding status of the foldable device changes. After the folding statusparameter is obtained once and before the folding status of the foldabledevice changes again, the folding status parameter is no longerobtained. In addition, after the folding status of the foldable devicechanges, the folding status parameter is obtained after the change ofthe folding status ends. This avoids unnecessary data processingresource consumption caused by frequent obtaining of the folding statusparameter.

According to a second aspect, an embodiment of this application proposesa sensor adjustment apparatus for a foldable device, including:

a folding status monitoring module, configured to obtain a foldingstatus parameter, where the folding status parameter is used to describea folding extent of the foldable device, and a component of the foldabledevice in a folded state causes first interference to a first sensor ofthe foldable device compared with that in a non-folded state;

a policy invoking module, configured to invoke a sensor adjustmentpolicy corresponding to the folding status parameter; and

a sensor adjustment module, configured to perform an adjustmentoperation on the first sensor according to the sensor adjustment policyto eliminate impact of the first interference, where the adjustmentoperation includes: adjusting a sensor operating parameter of the firstsensor, and/or performing data preprocessing on first sensor datacollected by the first sensor.

In a feasible implementation of the second aspect, the apparatus furtherincludes:

an adjustment policy generation module, configured to generatecorresponding sensor adjustment policies for different folding statusparameters, and including:

an interference quantization submodule, configured to determine a datachange amount or a data change range caused by the first interference infirst sensor data corresponding to the different folding statusparameters; and

a sensor adjustment policy setting submodule, configured to set thesensor adjustment policy based on the data change amount or the datachange range caused by the first interference.

In a feasible implementation of the second aspect, the sensor adjustmentpolicy setting submodule is configured to set the sensor adjustmentpolicy to perform correction calculation on the first sensor data basedon the data change amount or the data change range caused by the firstinterference, to eliminate the data change amount or the data changerange caused by the first interference in the first sensor data.

In a feasible implementation of the second aspect, the sensor adjustmentpolicy setting submodule includes:

a grading policy obtaining unit, configured to obtain a first collecteddata grading policy for the first sensor in the non-folded state, wherethe first collected data grading policy includes a first collected datagrading threshold;

a grading threshold calculation unit, configured to determine, based onthe first collected data grading threshold and the data change amount orthe data change range caused by the first interference, second collecteddata grading thresholds corresponding to the different folding statusparameters;

a grading policy setting unit, configured to establish, based on thesecond collected data grading thresholds corresponding to the differentfolding status parameters, second collected data grading policiescorresponding to the different folding status parameters; and

a sensor adjustment policy setting unit, configured to set the sensoradjustment policy to perform a grading operation on the first sensordata based on the second collected data grading policies, to determine agrade to which the first sensor data belongs.

In a feasible implementation of the second aspect, the interferencequantization submodule includes:

a sample collection unit, configured to separately obtain, for aplurality of different sample environments, first sensor datacorresponding to a non-folded state parameter and different foldingstatus parameters in each sample environment;

a sample comparison unit, configured to compare, for a same sampleenvironment, first sensor data corresponding to a non-folded stateparameter and different folding status parameters, to generate acomparison result for the sample environment; and

a quantization calculation unit, configured to determine, with referenceto the comparison result of each sample environment, the data changeamount or the data change range caused by the first interference in thefirst sensor data corresponding to the different folding statusparameters.

In a feasible implementation of the second aspect, the interferencequantization submodule includes:

an interference parsing unit, configured to parse out a generationmechanism of the first interference based on a running manner of thefirst sensor and a folding manner of the foldable device;

a calculation function generation unit, configured to generate a firstcalculation function based on a parsing result of the generationmechanism of the first interference, where a parameter variable of thefirst calculation function includes the folding status parameter and thedata change amount or the data change range caused by the firstinterference; and

a quantization calculation unit, configured to calculate, based on thefirst calculation function, the data change amount or the data changerange caused by the first interference in the first sensor datacorresponding to the different folding status parameters.

In a feasible implementation of the second aspect, the apparatus furtherincludes:

an adjustment policy generation module, configured to generatecorresponding sensor adjustment policies for different folding statusparameters, and including:

a normal performance determining submodule, configured to determine afirst performance parameter when the first sensor operates normally inthe non-folded state;

an operating parameter determining submodule, configured to determinefirst sensor operating parameters corresponding to the different foldingstatus parameters, where the first sensor maintains the firstperformance parameter under impact of the first interference based onthe first sensor operating parameters; and

a sensor adjustment policy setting submodule, configured to set thesensor adjustment policy to adjust the sensor operating parameter of thefirst sensor to a first sensor operating parameter corresponding to thefolding status parameter.

In a feasible implementation of the second aspect, the folding statusparameter includes a folding extent grade, different folding extentgrades correspond to different folding angle ranges, and the foldingstatus monitoring module includes:

an angle obtaining submodule, configured to obtain a current foldingangle of the foldable device; and

an angle grade determining submodule, configured to determine, based ona preset angle range threshold, a folding extent grade to which thecurrent folding angle belongs.

In a feasible implementation of the second aspect, the folding statusmonitoring module includes:

a status change monitoring submodule, configured to monitor a foldingstatus of the foldable device, and determine whether the folding statusof the foldable device changes; and

a folding status obtaining submodule, configured to: after the foldingstatus of the foldable device changes, obtain the folding statusparameter when the change of the folding status ends.

According to a third aspect, an embodiment of this application providesan electronic device. The electronic device includes a memory configuredto store computer program instructions and a processor configured toexecute the program instructions. When the computer program instructionsare executed by the processor, the electronic device is triggered toperform the method steps described in embodiments of this application.

According to a fourth aspect, an embodiment of this application providesa computer-readable storage medium. The computer-readable storage mediumstores a computer program, and when the computer program is run on acomputer, the computer is enabled to perform the method described inembodiments of this application.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a flowchart of an embodiment of a sensor adjustment method fora foldable device according to this application;

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a foldable device in an embodiment of asensor adjustment method for the foldable device according to thisapplication;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a foldable device in an embodiment of asensor adjustment method for the foldable device according to thisapplication;

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of an embodiment of a sensor adjustment method fora foldable device according to this application;

FIG. 5 is a partial flowchart of an embodiment of a sensor adjustmentmethod for a foldable device according to this application;

FIG. 6 is a partial flowchart of an embodiment of a sensor adjustmentmethod for a foldable device according to this application;

FIG. 7 is a diagram of a structure of an embodiment of a sensoradjustment apparatus according to this application;

FIG. 8 is a diagram of a structure of an embodiment of a sensoradjustment apparatus according to this application;

FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram of a device structure of an embodiment ofan electronic device according to this application; and

FIG. 10 is a block diagram of a software structure of an electronicdevice according to an embodiment of this application.

DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS

To make the objectives, technical solutions, and advantages of thisapplication clearer, the following clearly and completely describes thetechnical solutions in this application with reference to specificembodiments and accompanying drawings in this application. It is clearthat the described embodiments are merely some but not all ofembodiments of this application. All other embodiments obtained by aperson of ordinary skill in the art based on embodiments of thisapplication without creative efforts shall fall within the protectionscope of this application.

Terms used in embodiments of this application are only used to explainspecific embodiments of this application, but are not intended to limitthis application.

For a problem that a sensor response policy of a non-foldable devicecannot be directly applied to a foldable device, embodiments of thisapplication provide a sensor adjustment method. To propose the method inembodiments of this application, the inventor first analyzes a specificreason why the sensor response policy of the non-foldable device cannotbe directly applied to the foldable device.

One of obvious hardware differences between the non-foldable device andthe foldable device is that relative spatial positions of components ofthe non-foldable device are fixed, but spatial layouts of components ofthe foldable device are variable. That is, in a folding process,relative spatial positions of the components of the foldable devicechange, and after a folding operation ends, different folding extentscorrespond to different spatial position relationships between thecomponents of the foldable device.

In an actual application scenario, an operating parameter of a sensor isusually set based on an operating environment in which the sensor islocated. Without changing the operating parameters, a sensor thatoperates normally in a working environment may fail to operate normallyin another working environment. However, in an application scenario ofthe foldable device, the relative spatial positions of the components ofthe foldable device change, which is equivalent to a change in a workingenvironment of a sensor of the foldable device. The sensor may fail tooperate normally due to the change. For example, in an applicationscenario, after the foldable device is entirely unfolded, a sensingwindow of a first sensor of the foldable device is exposed, and thefirst sensor can operate normally. However, after the foldable device isentirely folded, the sensing window of the first sensor is blocked by acomponent of the foldable device, and the first sensor cannot operatenormally. As a result, the first sensor has no response.

For the foregoing problems, in an embodiment of this application, asensor operating parameter of the sensor is correspondingly adjustedbased on different folding statuses of the foldable device, so that thesensor can always maintain a normal operating status. In the actualapplication scenario, the sensor operating parameter of the sensorincludes but is not limited to output power, a sampling frequency, asampling threshold setting, and the like. For example, in an applicationscenario, the output power of the sensor is adjusted based on thedifferent folding statuses of the foldable device (different degrees ofblocking caused to the sensing window of the sensor), to ensure that thesensor can collect data in an external environment of the foldabledevice.

Further, for most sensors, ambient environment objects within a datacollection range of the sensors are used as collection objects. However,not all these collection objects may be target objects, and there areinterference items. In this case, data collected by the sensors needs tobe processed to filter the interference items. Otherwise, a responseerror occurs.

In the actual application scenario, some components of the device mayalso be used as collection targets by the sensor of the device.Therefore, when the sensor is disposed, a collection range of the sensorof the device is usually set to avoid a component of the device thatcauses interference, or an amount of interference caused by thecomponent of the device to the sensor is predetermined, and datacollected by the sensor is filtered in a targeted manner duringprocessing.

However, in the application scenario of the foldable device, when therelative spatial positions of the components of the foldable devicechange, the components of the foldable device may enter/exit thecollection range of the sensor, or may be displaced within thecollection range of the sensor. As a result, in the data collected bythe sensor, a new interference source that varies with the foldingstatus of the foldable device occurs. Consequently, a sensor responsepolicy that does not consider the interference source cannot be smoothlyimplemented.

For the foregoing problem, in an embodiment of this application, one offeasible solutions is to change a related processing/response policy orcreate a processing/response policy for the data collected by the sensor(a processing operation and/or a response operation performed on thedata collected by the sensor are/is collectively referred to as a sensorresponse policy below). However, this increases a workload of adeveloper. In addition, when a modification/development progress of thesensor response policy lags behind, or a modified sensor response policyor a newly developed sensor response policy has a vulnerability, asensor function of the foldable device cannot be effectively used. Thisgreatly reduces user experience of the foldable device.

Therefore, in an embodiment of this application, before the datacollected by the sensor is processed or responded according to anoriginal sensor response policy (a sensor response policy in whichdevice folding is not considered), data preprocessing is performed onthe data collected by the sensor based on the different folding statusesof the foldable device, to eliminate interference generated due todevice folding. In this way, the sensor data on which the sensorresponse policy is implemented does not include the new interferencecaused by device folding. This can ensure smooth implementation of thesensor response policy without changing the sensor response policy orredeveloping a sensor response policy.

The following describes in detail the technical solutions provided inembodiments of this application with reference to the accompanyingdrawings.

FIG. 1 is a flowchart of an embodiment of a sensor adjustment method fora foldable device according to this application. In this embodiment ofthis application, as shown in FIG. 1 , the sensor adjustment method forthe foldable device includes the following steps.

Step 110: Obtain a folding status parameter, where the folding statusparameter is used to describe a folding extent of the foldable device,and a component of the foldable device in a folded state causes firstinterference to a first sensor of the foldable device compared with thatin a non-folded state.

Step 120: Invoke a sensor adjustment policy corresponding to the foldingstatus parameter.

Step 130: Perform an adjustment operation on the first sensor accordingto the sensor adjustment policy to eliminate impact of the firstinterference.

Specifically, in step 130, the adjustment operation includes: adjustinga sensor operating parameter of the first sensor, and/or performing datapreprocessing on first sensor data collected by the first sensor.

Specifically, in this embodiment of this application, a type of thefirst sensor is not specifically limited. For example, in thisembodiment of this application, the first sensor may be a gravityacceleration sensor, a gyroscope sensor, an earpiece sensor, anultrasonic sensor, a Hall (Hall) sensor, a distance detection sensor, orthe like.

Specifically, in this embodiment of this application, a specific mannerof interfering with the first sensor by the first interference and aspecific interference degree are determined by a folding manner of thefoldable device and an operating manner of the first sensor in an actualapplication scenario. In this embodiment of this application, thespecific manner of interfering with the first sensor by the firstinterference and the interference degree are not specifically limited.

For example, in this embodiment of this application, the firstinterference is to hinder the first sensor from operating normally. Foranother example, in this embodiment of this application, the firstinterference is to increase an amount of interference to the datacollected by the first sensor.

For example, in this embodiment of this application, interference causedby the first interference to the first sensor is constant. That is, whenthe device is folded in different degrees, an effect of impact caused bythe first interference to the first sensor remains unchanged. Foranother example, in this embodiment of this application, degrees ofinterference caused by the first interference corresponding to differentfolding status parameters to the first sensor are different. That is, asa folding extent of the device changes, an effect of impact caused bythe first interference to the first sensor also changes.

For example, in this embodiment of this application, the firstinterference is generated when the device is folded. For anotherexample, in this embodiment of this application, the first interferenceis generated only when the device is in a specific folding extentstatus.

Specifically, in this embodiment of this application, the originalsensor response policy for the first sensor is not limited. For example,in this embodiment of this application, the original sensor responsepolicy for the first sensor may be setting a detection threshold. When asensor sensing value in a usage scenario of a user exceeds the presetthreshold, a special function is triggered. The special functionincludes adjusting a device running parameter and the like. Adjustingthe device running parameter includes but is not limited to adjusting aradio frequency parameter of a terminal device, for example, transmitpower or a sensor threshold parameter.

The method in this embodiment of this application can eliminate adverseimpact caused by device folding of the foldable device on the sensor ofthe foldable device, and ensure that the sensor operates normally, andthe sensor response operation for the sensor data can be correctlyimplemented. Further, the method in this embodiment of this applicationcan correctly implement the sensor response policy without modifying theexisting sensor response policy. This greatly reduces a workload of adeveloper while ensuring user experience of the foldable device.

Specifically, in this embodiment of this application, the folding statusparameter includes a folding angle.

For example, FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of the foldable device inthis embodiment of the sensor adjustment method for the foldable deviceaccording to this application. The left figure in FIG. 2 shows thefoldable device in a folded state (a state between a fully folded stateand a fully unfolded state). The left figure in FIG. 2 shows thefoldable device in the fully folded state.

As shown in FIG. 2 , the foldable device includes connected components201 and 202. The components 201 and 202 may be folded in foldingstatuses at different angles. The folding angle changes from 0° to 180°,0° indicates fully folded, and 1800 indicates fully unfolded.

Dashed-line boxes 210, 220, and 230 mark three regions on the foldabledevice.

In the region 210, a sensor 212 is located on the component 201, and thesensor 212 is connected to a component 211 mounted on an edge of thecomponent 201. The component 211 is used as a pole of the sensor 212.The component 211 may be an antenna or another metal structure. Thesensor 212 is configured to detect an ambient environment by using thecomponent 211, for example, a change of a distance between an externalobject and the component 211.

In the region 230, a component 231 is mounted on an edge of thecomponent 202, and the component 231 may be an antenna or another metalor non-metal material. When the foldable device is fully unfolded, itmay be considered that the component 231 does not interfere withdetection of the sensor 212. However, as the folding angle decreases,the component 231 is closer to the component 211 until the component 231is attached to the component 211 when the foldable device is fullyfolded (as shown in the right figure in FIG. 2 ). In the foregoingfolding process, the sensor 212 identifies the component 231 as anexternal object closer to the component 211, instead of considering thecomponent 231 as a part of the foldable device. As a result, the sensorhas a response error. For example, in an application scenario, thesensor response policy is that when the sensor 212 detects that anexternal object approaches or is near, the sensor 212 automaticallywakes up the device or adjusts transmit power of the device. However,when the foldable device is folded (for example, fully folded), thesensor 212 always detects that the external object approaches or isnear. However, actually, the sensor 212 detects the component 231,instead of the external object defined in the sensor response policy.

In this case, in this embodiment of this application, a sensor 221 isdisposed in the region 220, and the sensor 221 is configured to detectan angle change. The sensor 221 may be a Hall sensor, a gravityacceleration/gyroscope sensor, or the like. There may be one or moresensors 221, and is used to identify a folding angle.

The foldable status of the foldable device is determined based on arecognition result of the sensor 221, a sensor operating parameter ofthe sensor 212 is correspondingly adjusted, and/or data preprocessing isperformed on data collected by the sensor 212, to eliminate interferencecaused by the component 231 to data collection of the sensor 212.

Further, in an application scenario according to this embodiment of thisapplication, the sensor 221 may be angle sensors in a plurality offorms, one or more sensors 221 may form an angle recognition unit, andthere may be one or more recognition angles, which are entirelycontrolled and designed by a designer in software.

Specifically, FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of the foldable device inthis embodiment of the sensor adjustment method for the foldable deviceaccording to this application. In an application scenario according tothis embodiment of this application, as shown in FIG. 3 , one sensor 312may be connected to one or more antenna/electrode components (components301, 302, . . . , 30 n) distributed on a device frame or anotherposition. This may be implemented by using the device frame, an LDSsupport, or the like. One or more components (components 331, 332, . . ., 33 n) that interfere with the antenna/electrode components after thedevice is folded are distributed on the other components of the device.

A sensor 321 is disposed, and the sensor 321 is configured to detect anangle change. The folding status of the foldable device is determinedbased on an identification result of the sensor 321, a sensor operatingparameter of the sensor 312 is adjusted in response, and/or datapreprocessing is performed on data collected by the sensor 312, toeliminate negative impact caused by the interference of the components331, 332, . . . , 33 n to the antenna/electrode components (thecomponents 301, 302, . . . , 30 n).

Further, in this embodiment of this application, to reduce a dataprocessing amount and facilitate determining of the folding status ofthe foldable device, the folding status parameter includes a foldingextent grade, where different folding extent grades correspond todifferent folding angle ranges. A process of obtaining the foldingstatus parameter includes:

obtaining a current folding angle of the foldable device; and

determining, based on a preset angle range threshold, a folding extentgrade to which the current folding angle belongs.

Specifically, in an application scenario according to this embodiment ofthis application, as shown in FIG. 2 , the sensor 221 is an anglerecognition sensor, for example, a Hall sensor or a gravityacceleration/gyroscope sensor. When the foldable terminal device isfolded to different angles, the sensor 221 outputs different foldingextent grades. One or more angle ranges may be determined, and one ormore folding extent grades can be output correspondingly. In anapplication scenario, as shown in Table 1, there are three states in anexample in Table 1, and an angle 1/an angle 2 may be configured throughsoftware.

TABLE 1 Angle range Output folding extent grade Sensor 221 Greater thanor equal to 0 degrees to less than Grade 1 the angle 1 Greater than orequal to the angle 1 to less Grade 2 than the angle 2 Greater than orequal to the angle 2 and less Grade 3 than or equal to 180 degrees

Further, in this embodiment of this application, to reduce dataprocessing operations, only after the folding status of the foldabledevice changes, the folding status parameter is obtained and the sensoradjustment policy corresponding to the folding status parameter isinvoked. After the folding status parameter is obtained and thecorresponding sensor adjustment policy is invoked, before the foldingstatus of the foldable device changes again, the folding statusparameter is not obtained and the corresponding sensor adjustment policyis not invoked. This avoids unnecessary data processing resourceconsumption caused by frequently obtaining the folding status parameterand/or invoking the sensor adjustment policy corresponding to thefolding status parameter.

Further, in this embodiment of this application, after the foldingstatus of the foldable device changes, the folding status parameter isobtained after the change of the folding status ends (for example, thefolding status does not change within a preset time threshold). Thisavoids unnecessary data processing resource consumption caused byfrequently obtaining the folding status parameter and/or invoking thesensor adjustment policy corresponding to the folding status parameter.

Specifically, in an implementation of step 110 in the embodiment shownin FIG. 1 , a process of obtaining the folding status parameterincludes:

monitoring the folding status of the foldable device, and determiningwhether the folding status of the foldable device changes; and

after the folding status of the foldable device changes, obtaining thefolding status parameter when the change of the folding status ends.

Specifically, FIG. 4 is a flowchart of the embodiment of the sensoradjustment method for the foldable device according to this application.In this embodiment of this application, as shown in FIG. 4 , the sensoradjustment method includes the following steps.

Step 400: Monitor the folding angle of the foldable device.

Step 401: Determine whether the folding angle of the foldable devicechanges.

If no change occurs, return to step 400.

Step 410: If the folding angle of the foldable device changes, obtainthe folding angle of the foldable device when the change of the foldingangle of the foldable device ends.

Step 420: Invoke a preset angle range threshold.

Step 430: Determine a folding extent grade based on the folding angle ofthe foldable device and the preset angle range threshold.

Step 440: Invoke a corresponding sensor adjustment policy based on thefolding extent grade.

Step 450: Adjust the sensor operating parameter of the sensor accordingto the sensor adjustment policy.

Step 460: Perform, according to the sensor adjustment policy, datapreprocessing on the sensor data collected by the sensor.

Further, in this embodiment of this application, a final operatingeffect of the sensor is determined by an execution effect of step 130.In a process of performing step 130, a key lies in setting of the sensoradjustment policy. Therefore, to improve the execution effect of step130, in this embodiment of this application, before step 120 isperformed, the following steps further need to be performed:

generating corresponding sensor adjustment policies for differentfolding status parameters.

Specifically, a data change amount or a data change range caused by thefirst interference in first sensor data corresponding to the differentfolding status parameters is first determined, and then the sensoradjustment policy is set based on the data change amount or the datachange range caused by the first interference.

Specifically, in an implementation of step 130, data preprocessing isperformed on the first sensor data collected by the first sensor. In aprocess of performing data preprocessing on the sensor data collected bythe sensor according to the sensor adjustment policy, data preprocessingis performed in a data correction manner. A data correction processincludes: first determining the data change amount or the data changerange caused by the first interference generated by folding of thefoldable device in the data collected by the sensor; and then performingcorrection calculation on the sensor data collected by the sensor basedon the data change amount or the data change range caused by the firstinterference, to eliminate the data change amount or the data changerange caused by the first interference in the sensor data.

To implement the foregoing data correction process, in the process ofgenerating the corresponding sensor adjustment policies for thedifferent folding status parameters, the corresponding sensor adjustmentpolicy is generated for a data preprocessing manner of data correction.

Specifically, FIG. 5 is a partial flowchart of this embodiment of thesensor adjustment method for the foldable device according to thisapplication. In an embodiment of this application, as shown in FIG. 5 ,the generating the corresponding sensor adjustment policies for thedifferent folding status parameters includes the following steps.

Step 510: Determine the data change amount or the data change rangecaused by the first interference in the first sensor data collected bythe first sensor corresponding to the different folding statusparameters.

Step 520: Set the sensor adjustment policy to perform, based on the datachange amount or the data change range caused by the first interference,the correction calculation on the first sensor data collected by thefirst sensor, to eliminate the data change amount or the data changerange caused by the first interference in the first sensor datacollected by the first sensor.

Specifically, an application scenario is used as an example. In thisapplication scenario according to this embodiment of this application,as shown in FIG. 2 , assuming that the sensor 212 is configured tocollect an external environment variable by using the component 211, andexternal environment variable data collected by the sensor 212 islinearly accumulated with parameters such as a quantity of objects, adistance, and a volume in an external environment.

It is assumed that when the foldable device is fully unfolded, thecomponent 231 does not interfere with the component 211 (which does notaffect data collection of the sensor 212). When the foldable device isfully unfolded, and there is no another object in a collectable range ofthe component 211, a measurement parameter value collected by the sensor212 is in. When an external object A enters the collectable range of thecomponent 211, and a distance from the external object A to thecomponent 211 is B, a measurement parameter value collected by thesensor 212 is m+b, where b is measurement data corresponding to theexternal object A.

It is assumed that when the foldable device is fully folded, thecomponent 231 interferes with the component 211 (which affects the datacollection of the sensor 212). When the foldable device is fully foldedand there is no another object in the collectable range of the component211, a measurement parameter value collected by the sensor 212 is n, andthe measurement parameter value n substantially includes a measurementparameter value for the component 231. In an ideal status, n−m is anamount of interference caused by the component 231 to the sensor 212. Inthis case, when the foldable device is fully folded, the correctioncalculation is performed on the data collected by the sensor 212, thatis, (n−m) is subtracted from the measurement parameter value collectedby the sensor 212.

It is assumed that when the foldable device is fully folded, and when anexternal object A enters the collectable range of the component 211, anda distance from the component 211 is B, a measurement parameter valuecollected by the sensor 212 is M, and the correction calculation isperformed on the measurement parameter value collected by the sensor212, that is, M−(n−m). In an ideal status, M−(n−m)=m+b.

It should be noted that obtaining of the amount of interference in thedata collected by the sensor 212 is merely a simple example in an idealapplication scenario, and does not represent all application scenarios.

According to the method in this embodiment of this application, thecorrection calculation may be performed on the first sensor dataaccording to the sensor adjustment policy, to effectively eliminate thedata change amount or the data change range caused by the firstinterference in the first sensor data.

Further, in an actual application scenario, in a response policy for thesensor, a corresponding response manner is not set for each differentmeasurement parameter value collected by the sensor, but one or morerange thresholds are set, to divide a plurality of sensor measurementparameter grades and set a corresponding response manner for each grade.That is, as long as measurement parameter values collected by the sensorcan be divided into correct grades, the sensor response policy can becorrectly executed.

Therefore, in this embodiment of this application, in a process ofperforming, according to the sensor adjustment policy, datapreprocessing on the sensor data collected by the sensor, datapreprocessing is performed in a manner of dividing grades for the datacollected by the sensor, where a grade division mode is kept consistentwith a grade division mode in a non-folded state. This eliminates impactof interference caused by device folding in a grade division process.

Specifically. FIG. 6 is a partial flowchart of this embodiment of thesensor adjustment method for the foldable device according to thisapplication. In this embodiment of this application, as shown in FIG. 6, the generating the corresponding sensor adjustment policies for thedifferent folding status parameters includes the following steps.

Step 610: Obtain a first collected data grading policy for the firstsensor in the non-folded state, where the first collected data gradingpolicy includes a first collected data grading threshold.

Step 620: Determine the data change amount or the data change rangecaused by the first interference in the first sensor data collected bythe first sensor corresponding to the different folding statusparameters.

Step 630: Determine, based on the first collected data grading thresholdand the data change amount or the data change range caused by the firstinterference, second collected data grading thresholds corresponding tothe different folding status parameters.

Step 640: Establish, based on the second collected data gradingthresholds corresponding to the different folding status parameters,second collected data grading policies corresponding to the differentfolding status parameters.

Step 650: Set the sensor adjustment policy to perform, based on thesecond collected data grading policies, a grading operation on the firstsensor data collected by the first sensor, to determine a grade to whichthe first sensor data belongs.

Specifically, an application scenario is used as an example. In anapplication scenario according to this embodiment of this application,as shown in FIG. 2 , assuming that the sensor 212 is configured tocollect the external environment variable, and the external environmentvariable data collected by the sensor 212 is linearly accumulated withthe parameters such as the quantity of objects, the distance, and thevolume in the external environment.

It is assumed that when the foldable device is fully unfolded, thecomponent 231 does not interfere with the component 211 (which does notaffect the data collection of the sensor 212). When the foldable deviceis fully unfolded, and there is no another object in the collectablerange of the component 211, the measurement parameter value collected bythe sensor 212 is m. When the foldable device is fully unfolded, andwhen the measurement parameter value collected by the sensor 212 is lessthan or equal to m1, a corresponding collection data grade is grade 1.When the measurement parameter value collected by the sensor 212 isgreater than m1 and less than or equal to m2, the correspondingcollected data grade is a grade 2. When the measurement parameter valuecollected by the sensor 212 is greater than m2, the correspondingcollected data grade is a grade 3.

It is assumed that when the foldable device is fully folded, thecomponent 231 interferes with the component 211 (which affects the datacollection of the sensor 212). When the foldable device is fully folded,and there is no another object in the collectable range of the component211, a measurement parameter value collected by the sensor 212 is n. Inan ideal status, n−m is the amount of interference caused by thecomponent 231 to the sensor 212. In this case, when the foldable deviceis fully folded, and when the measurement parameter value collected bythe sensor 212 is less than or equal to m1−(n−m), a correspondingcollected data grade is a grade 1. When the measurement parameter valuecollected by the sensor 212 is greater than m1−(n−m) and less than orequal to m2−(n−m), the corresponding collected data grade is a grade 2.When the measurement parameter value collected by the sensor 212 isgreater than m2−(n−m), the corresponding collected data grade is a grade3.

It should be noted that the grade division policy of the data collectedby the sensor 212 is merely a simple example in an ideal applicationscenario, and does not represent all application scenarios. In thisembodiment of this application, a specific process of generating thegrade division policy is not limited in detail. In an actual applicationscenario, a person skilled in the art may divide, based on an actualsituation, the grades for the data collected by the sensor, keep a gradedivision mode consistent with a grade division mode in a non-foldedstate, and eliminate impact of the first interference in the gradedivision process.

Specifically, an application scenario is used as an example. In anapplication scenario according to this embodiment of this application,as shown in FIG. 2 , the sensor 212 is connected to the component 211mounted on the edge of the component 201, to identify a change of anambient environment of the device. The following uses a distancedetection sensor as an example (for example, the sensor 212 may be aninfrared distance detection sensor, an ultrasonic sensor, or acapacitive distance detection sensor). The component 211 and the sensor212 detect changed data in an active or passive detection manner,process the detected data, and divide the data into different gradesbased on a requirement of the sensor response policy. In Table 2, thecomponent 211 and the sensor 212 detect different raw data (rawdatadata), process the rawdata data to form three grades: D1, D2, and D3,and finally perform status division (sensor response) based on thereported grades.

TABLE 2 Detected data Grade division Sensor response Rawdata1 D1 State ARawdata2 D2 State B Rawdata3 D3 State C

When the device is folded at different degrees, a threshold range fordetermining a grade to which the rawdata data belongs is different. Forexample, in the non-folded state, when the rawdata data is Rawdata2, acorresponding grade is D2, and an implemented sensor responsecorresponds to a state B. In a folded state (for example, fully folded),when the rawdata data is Rawdata2, because the rawdata data includes anamount of interference caused by the component 231, a gradecorresponding to Rawdata2 is D1, and the implemented sensor responsecorresponds to a state A.

According to the method in this embodiment of this application, gradedivision for the first sensor data can be implemented according to thesensor adjustment policy, so that a grade division result under impactof the first interference tends to be consistent with a grade divisionresult when there is no first interference. This effectively eliminatesthe data change amount or the data change range caused by the firstinterference in the first sensor data.

Further, in the foregoing process of generating the sensor adjustmentpolicy, one of key points is to determine the data change amount or thedata change range caused by the first interference. To determine thedata change amount or the data change range caused by the firstinterference, in this embodiment of this application, a specific valueof the amount of interference is calculated based on an interferenceprinciple and based on analysis of a generation mechanism of the amountof interference in the folded state.

Specifically, in this embodiment of this application, determining thedata change amount or the data change range caused by the firstinterference in the first sensor data corresponding to the differentfolding status parameters includes:

parsing out a generation mechanism of the first interference based on arunning manner of the first sensor and a folding manner of the foldabledevice;

generating a first calculation function based on a parsing result of thegeneration mechanism of the first interference, where a parametervariable of the first calculation function includes the folding statusparameter and the data change amount or the data change range caused bythe first interference; and

calculating, based on the first calculation function, the data changeamount or the data change range caused by the first interference in thefirst sensor data corresponding to the different folding statusparameters.

Specifically, an application scenario is used as an example. In anapplication scenario according to this embodiment of this application,as shown in FIG. 2 , assuming that the sensor 212 is configured tocollect the external environment variable, and for an object in a datacollection range, the external environment variable data collected bythe sensor 212 linearly changes with a distance between the object andthe component 211. It is assumed that the change formula is as follows:

M=hk  (1)

In the formula, M is data detected by the sensor 212, h is the distancebetween the object and the component 211, and k is a parameter constant.

In the application scenario shown in FIG. 2 , when the device is fullyunfolded, the component 231 is farthest away from the component 211. Asthe folding angle continuously decreases, the component 231 graduallyapproaches the component 211; or when the device is fully folded, thecomponent 231 is closest to the component 211 (the distance is 0). Inthis case, in an ideal status, the foregoing formula may be used tocalculate the amount of interference caused by the component 231 to thesensor 212.

It should be noted that the change formula of the data collected by thesensor 212 is merely a simple example in an ideal application scenario,and does not represent all application scenarios. In this embodiment ofthis application, a specific process of determining, throughinterference mechanism analysis, a calculation formula of the datachange amount or the data change range caused by the first interferenceunder different folding status parameter conditions is not limited indetail. In an actual application scenario, a person skilled in the artmay generate a corresponding calculation formula based on an actualsituation.

Further, to determine the data change amount or the data change rangecaused by the first interference, in this embodiment of thisapplication, sample data of the amount of interference in the foldedstate is analyzed, and a specific value of the amount of interference iscalculated by combining an analysis result of the sample data.Specifically, in this embodiment of this application, determining, inrelative to data collected by the first sensor in the non-folded state,a data change amount or a data change range caused by the firstinterference under the different folding status parameter conditionsincludes:

separately obtaining, for a plurality of different sample environments,first sensor data corresponding to a non-folded state parameter anddifferent folding status parameters in each sample environment;

comparing, for a same sample environment, first sensor datacorresponding to a non-folded state parameter and different foldingstatus parameters, to generate a comparison result for the sampleenvironment; and

determining, with reference to the comparison result of each sampleenvironment, the data change amount or the data change range caused bythe first interference in the first sensor data corresponding to thedifferent folding status parameters.

Specifically, an application scenario is used as an example. In anapplication scenario according to this embodiment of this application,as shown in FIG. 2 , it is assumed that the sensor 212 is configured tocollect the external environment variable.

It is assumed that in a sample environment A1, when the foldable deviceis fully unfolded, the measurement parameter value collected by thesensor 212 is m1; and when the foldable device is fully folded, themeasurement parameter value collected by the sensor 212 is n1. In anideal status, in the sample environment A1, when the foldable device isfully folded, an amount of interference generated by the component 231to the component 211 is n1−m1. It is assumed that in a sampleenvironment A2, when the foldable device is fully unfolded, themeasurement parameter value collected by the sensor 212 is m2; and whenthe foldable device is fully folded, the measurement parameter valuecollected by the sensor 212 is n2. In an ideal status, in the sampleenvironment A2, when the foldable device is fully folded, the amount ofinterference generated by the component 231 to the component 211 isn2−m2. It is assumed that in a sample environment A3, when the foldabledevice is fully unfolded, the measurement parameter value collected bythe sensor 212 is m3; and when the foldable device is fully folded, themeasurement parameter value collected by the sensor 212 is n3. In anideal status, in the sample environment A1, when the foldable device isfully folded, the amount of interference generated by the component 231to the component 211 is n3−m3.

Based on data collection results of the sample environments A1, A2, andA3, an average of the three amounts of interference (n1−m1), (n2−m2),and (n3−m3) can be used to determine a value of the amount ofinterference generated by the component 231 to the component 211 whenthe foldable device is fully folded.

It should be noted that the amount of interference generated by thecomponent 231 to the component 211 is determined through sample datacollection is merely a simple example in an ideal application scenario,and does not represent all application scenarios. In this embodiment ofthis application, a specific process of determining, through sampleanalysis, the data change amount or the data change range caused by thefirst interference under the different folding status parameterconditions is not specifically limited. In an actual applicationscenario, a person skilled in the art may determine, based on an actualsituation, a quantity of sample environments, a quantity of collectedsample values, a sample analysis policy, and a comprehensive analysispolicy for a plurality of sample environments.

Further, in an implementation of step 130, the sensor operatingparameter of the first sensor needs to be adjusted according to thesensor adjustment policy. To adjust the sensor operating parameter ofthe first sensor, a sensor adjustment policy for adjusting the sensoroperating parameter of the first sensor needs to be generated.

Specifically, in step 130, the sensor operating parameter of the sensoris adjusted to ensure that the sensor always maintains performanceconsistent with performance in the non-folded state. Therefore, in thisembodiment of this application, the generating corresponding sensoradjustment policies for different folding status parameters includes:

determining a first performance parameter when the first sensor operatesnormally in the non-folded state;

determining first sensor operating parameters corresponding to thedifferent folding status parameters, where the first sensor maintainsthe first performance parameter under impact of the first interferencebased on the first sensor operating parameters; and

setting the sensor adjustment policy to adjust a sensor operatingparameter of the first sensor to a first sensor operating parametercorresponding to the folding status parameter.

Specifically, an application scenario is used as an example. In anapplication scenario according to this embodiment of this application,as shown in FIG. 2 , it is assumed that the sensor 212 is configured totransmit a sounding signal by using the component 211, to collect theexternal environment variable. It is assumed that when the foldabledevice is fully unfolded, the component 231 does not interfere with thecomponent 211 (which does not affect the data collection of the sensor212). When the foldable device is fully unfolded, and output power isW1, a detectable range of the sounding signal transmitted by thecomponent 211 by using the component 211 is a.

With device folding, the component 231 is almost blocking the soundingsignal transmitted by the component 211. As a result, the detectablerange of the sounding signal transmitted by the component 211 shrinks ona premise that the output power remains unchanged. In addition, as thefolding angle decreases, interference of the component 231 to thecomponent 211 gradually increases, and the detectable range of thesounding signal transmitted by the component 211 continuously shrinks ona premise that the output power remains unchanged.

Therefore, to maintain the detectable range of the sounding signaltransmitted by the component 211, the output power of the sensor 212 isenhanced along with device folding, so that the detectable range of thesounding signal transmitted by the component 211 is maintained as a on apremise that the component 231 blocks the sounding signal transmitted bythe component 211.

According to the method in this embodiment of this application, thesensor operating parameter of the sensor can be adjusted according tothe sensor adjustment policy, so that the sensor always maintains theperformance consistent with the performance in the non-folded state.

It should be noted that the foregoing process of adjusting the sensoroperating parameter of the sensor is merely a simple example in an idealapplication scenario, and does not represent all application scenarios.In this embodiment of this application, a specific process ofdetermining sensor operating parameters corresponding to the differentfolding status parameters and specific content included in the sensoroperating parameters are not limited in detail. In an actual applicationscenario, a person skilled in the art may determine, based on an actualsituation, the sensor operating parameters corresponding to thedifferent folding status parameters and the specific content included inthe sensor operating parameters.

It may be understood that some or all of the steps or operations in theforegoing embodiments are merely examples. In embodiments of thisapplication, other operations or variations of various operations may befurther performed. In addition, the steps may be performed in a sequencedifferent from that presented in the foregoing embodiments, and not alloperations in the foregoing embodiments may need to be performed.

Further, based on the sensor adjustment method for the foldable devicein embodiments of this application, an embodiment of this applicationfurther provides a sensor adjustment apparatus. Specifically, FIG. 7 isa diagram of a structure of this embodiment of the sensor adjustmentapparatus according to this application. In this embodiment of thisapplication, as shown in FIG. 7 , the sensor adjustment apparatus 700includes:

a folding status monitoring module 710, configured to obtain a foldingstatus parameter, where the folding status parameter is used to describea folding extent of a foldable device, and a component of the foldabledevice in a folded state causes first interference to a first sensor ofthe foldable device compared with that in a non-folded state;

a policy invoking module 720, configured to invoke a sensor adjustmentpolicy corresponding to the folding status parameter; and

a sensor adjustment module 730, configured to perform an adjustmentoperation on the first sensor according to the sensor adjustment policyto eliminate impact of the first interference, where the adjustmentoperation includes: adjusting a sensor operating parameter of the firstsensor, and/or performing data preprocessing on first sensor datacollected by the first sensor.

Further, in this embodiment of this application, the sensor adjustmentapparatus for the foldable device further includes:

an adjustment policy generation module, configured to generatecorresponding sensor adjustment policies for different folding statusparameters, and including:

an interference quantization submodule, configured to determine a datachange amount or a data change range caused by the first interference infirst sensor data corresponding to the different folding statusparameters; and

a sensor adjustment policy setting submodule, configured to set thesensor adjustment policy based on the data change amount or the datachange range caused by the first interference.

Specifically, in this embodiment of this application, the sensoradjustment policy setting submodule is configured to set the sensoradjustment policy to perform correction calculation on the first sensordata based on the data change amount or the data change range caused bythe first interference, to eliminate the data change amount or the datachange range caused by the first interference in the first sensor data.

Specifically, in this embodiment of this application, the sensoradjustment policy setting submodule includes:

a grading policy obtaining unit, configured to obtain a first collecteddata grading policy for the first sensor in the non-folded state, wherethe first collected data grading policy includes a first collected datagrading threshold;

a grading threshold calculation unit, configured to determine, based onthe first collected data grading threshold and the data change amount orthe data change range caused by the first interference, second collecteddata grading thresholds corresponding to the different folding statusparameters;

a grading policy setting unit, configured to establish, based on thesecond collected data grading thresholds corresponding to the differentfolding status parameters, second collected data grading policiescorresponding to the different folding status parameters; and

a sensor adjustment policy setting unit, configured to set the sensoradjustment policy to perform a grading operation on the first sensordata based on the second collected data grading policies, to determine agrade to which the first sensor data belongs.

Specifically, in this embodiment of this application, the interferencequantization submodule in the adjustment policy generation moduleincludes:

a sample collection unit, configured to separately obtain, for aplurality of different sample environments, first sensor datacorresponding to a non-folded state parameter and different foldingstatus parameters in each sample environment:

a sample comparison unit, configured to compare, for a same sampleenvironment, first sensor data corresponding to a non-folded stateparameter and different folding status parameters, to generate acomparison result for the sample environment; and

a quantization calculation unit, configured to determine, with referenceto the comparison result of each sample environment, the data changeamount or the data change range caused by the first interference in thefirst sensor data corresponding to the different folding statusparameters.

Specifically, in this embodiment of this application, the interferencequantization submodule in the adjustment policy generation moduleincludes:

an interference parsing unit, configured to parse out a generationmechanism of the first interference based on a running manner of thefirst sensor and a folding manner of the foldable device;

a calculation function generation unit, configured to generate a firstcalculation function based on a parsing result of the generationmechanism of the first interference, where a parameter variable of thefirst calculation function includes the folding status parameter and thedata change amount or the data change range caused by the firstinterference; and

a quantization calculation unit, configured to calculate, based on thefirst calculation function, the data change amount or the data changerange caused by the first interference in the first sensor datacorresponding to the different folding status parameters.

Specifically, in this embodiment of this application, the adjustmentpolicy generation module includes:

a normal performance determining submodule, configured to determine afirst performance parameter when the first sensor operates normally inthe non-folded state;

an operating parameter determining submodule, configured to determinefirst sensor operating parameters corresponding to the different foldingstatus parameters, where the first sensor maintains the firstperformance parameter under impact of the first interference based onthe first sensor operating parameters; and

a sensor adjustment policy setting submodule, configured to set thesensor adjustment policy to adjust the sensor operating parameter of thefirst sensor to a first sensor operating parameter corresponding to thefolding status parameter.

Specifically, in this embodiment of this application, the folding statusparameter includes a folding extent grade, different folding extentgrades correspond to different folding angle ranges, and the foldingstatus monitoring module includes:

an angle obtaining submodule, configured to obtain a current foldingangle of the foldable device; and

an angle grade determining submodule, configured to determine, based ona preset angle range threshold, a folding extent grade to which thecurrent folding angle belongs.

Specifically, in this embodiment of this application, the folding statusmonitoring module includes:

a status change monitoring submodule, configured to monitor a foldingstatus of the foldable device, and determine whether the folding statusof the foldable device changes; and

a folding status obtaining submodule, configured to: after the foldingstatus of the foldable device changes, obtain the folding statusparameter when the change of the folding status ends.

Specifically. FIG. 8 is a diagram of a structure of an embodiment of thesensor adjustment apparatus according to this application. In thisembodiment of this application, as shown in FIG. 8 , the sensoradjustment apparatus 840 includes an adjustment policy generation module800, a folding status monitoring module 810, a policy invoking module820, and a sensor adjustment module 830.

The adjustment policy generation module 800 is configured to generatecorresponding sensor adjustment policies for different folding statusparameters, and including a sensor adjustment policy setting submoduleand an interference quantization submodule 802. The interferencequantization submodule 802 is configured to determine a data changeamount or a data change range caused by first interference in firstsensor data corresponding to the different folding status parameters.

The sensor adjustment policy setting submodule includes:

a grading policy obtaining unit 801, configured to obtain a firstcollected data grading policy for a first sensor in a non-folded state,where the first collected data grading policy includes a first collecteddata grading threshold:

a grading threshold calculation unit 803, configured to determine, basedon the first collected data grading threshold and the data change amountor the data change range caused by the first interference, secondcollected data grading thresholds corresponding to the different foldingstatus parameters;

a grading policy setting unit 804, configured to establish, based on thesecond collected data grading thresholds corresponding to the differentfolding status parameters, second collected data grading policiescorresponding to the different folding status parameters; and

a sensor adjustment policy setting unit 805, configured to set thesensor adjustment policy to perform a grading operation on the firstsensor data based on the second collected data grading policies, todetermine a grade to which the first sensor data belongs.

The folding status monitoring module 810 includes:

a status change monitoring submodule 811, configured to monitor afolding status of the foldable device, and determine whether the foldingstatus of the foldable device changes;

an angle obtaining submodule 812, configured to: after the foldingstatus of the foldable device changes, obtain a current folding angle ofthe foldable device when the change of the folding status ends; and

an angle grade determining submodule 813, configured to determine, basedon a preset angle range threshold, a folding extent grade to which thecurrent folding angle belongs.

The policy invoking module 820 is configured to invoke a sensoradjustment policy corresponding to the folding extent grade.

The sensor adjustment module 830 is configured to grade, according tothe sensor adjustment policy, first sensor data collected by the firstsensor under a folding status parameter condition.

Further, in the 1990s, an improvement of a technology may be clearlyclassified into a hardware improvement (for example, an improvement of acircuit structure such as a diode, a transistor, or a switch) or asoftware improvement (an improvement of a method process). However, withthe development of technologies, improvements in many method processestoday can be considered as direct improvements in hardware circuitstructures. Design personnel almost all obtain a corresponding hardwarecircuit structure by programming an improved method process to ahardware circuit. Therefore, an improvement of a method process can beimplemented by hardware entity modules. For example, a programmablelogic device (Programmable Logic Device, PLD) (for example, a fieldprogrammable gate array (Field Programmable Gate Array, FPGA)) is suchan integrated circuit, and a logic function of the programmable logicdevice is determined by an accessing party by programming a device. Thedesign personnel program to “integrate” a digital apparatus into one PLDwithout a need for a chip manufacturer to design and manufacture anapplication-specific integrated circuit chip. In addition, today,instead of manually making an integrated circuit chip, such programmingis also mostly implemented by using “logic compiler (logic compiler)”software. The “logic compiler” software is similar to a softwarecompiler used during program development and writing, and original codeto be compiled is also written in a specific programming language thatis referred to as a hardware description language (Hardware DescriptionLanguage, HDL). The HDL does not have merely one type, but has aplurality of types, such as an ABEL (Advanced Boolean ExpressionLanguage), an AHDL (Altera Hardware Description Language), Confluence, aCUPL (Comell University Programming Language), HDCal, a JHDL (JavaHardware Description Language), Lava. Lola, MyHDL, PALASM, and an RHDL(Ruby Hardware Description Language). Currently, a VHDL (Very-High-SpeedIntegrated Circuit Hardware Description Language) and Verilog are mostcommonly used currently. A person skilled in the art should also beaware that, a hardware circuit that implements a logic method processcan be easily obtained provided that logic programming is slightlyperformed on the method process by using the foregoing several hardwaredescription languages and the method process is programmed into anintegrated circuit.

A controller may be implemented in any appropriate manner. For example,the controller may take the form of, for example, a microprocessor or aprocessor, and a computer-readable medium, a logic gate, a switch, anapplication-specific integrated circuit (Application Specific IntegratedCircuit, ASIC), a programmable logic controller, and an embeddedmicrocontroller that stores computer-readable program code (such assoftware or firmware) that can be executed by the (micro) processor.Examples of the controller include but are not limited to the followingmicrocontrollers: ARC 625D. Atmel AT91SAM, Microchip PIC18F26K20, andSilicone Labs C8051F320. A memory controller may also be implemented asa part of a control logic of a memory. A person skilled in the art alsoknows that, in addition to implementing the controller in a purecomputer-readable program code manner, the controller may implement thesame function in a form of a logic gate, a switch, anapplication-specific integrated circuit, a programmable logiccontroller, an embedded microcontroller, and the like by performinglogic programming on the method steps. Therefore, the controller may beconsidered as a hardware component, and an apparatus that is included inthe controller and that is configured to implement various functions mayalso be considered as a structure in the hardware component.Alternatively, an apparatus configured to implement various functionsmay be considered as both a software module for implementing a methodand a structure in a hardware component.

In the description of embodiments of this application, for ease ofdescription, the apparatus is described through function division intovarious modules/units. Division into the modules/units is merelydivision of logical functions. During implementation of embodiments ofthis application, functions of the modules/units may be implemented inone or more pieces of software and/or hardware.

Specifically, in an actual implementation, all or some of theapparatuses provided in embodiments of this application may beintegrated into one physical entity, or may be physically separated. Inaddition, all of the modules may be implemented in a form of softwareinvoked by a processing element or in a form of hardware. Alternatively,some of the modules may be implemented in a form of software invoked bya processing element, and some modules may be implemented in a form ofhardware. For example, a detection module may be a separately disposedprocessing element, or may be integrated into a chip of an electronicdevice for implementation. An implementation of another module issimilar to the implementation of the detection module. In addition, allor some of these modules may be integrated together, or may beimplemented independently. In an implementation process, steps in theforegoing methods or the foregoing modules can be implemented by using ahardware integrated logical circuit in the processing element, or byusing instructions in a form of software.

For example, the foregoing modules may be configured as one or moreintegrated circuits that implement the foregoing method, such as one ormore application-specific integrated circuits (Application SpecificIntegrated Circuit, ASIC), one or more microprocessors (Digital SignalProcessor, DSP), one or more field programmable gate arrays (FieldProgrammable Gate Arrays, FPGAs), or the like. For another example, themodules may be integrated together and implemented in a form of asystem-on-a-chip (System-On-a-Chip, SOC).

An embodiment of this application further proposes an electronic device.The electronic device includes a memory configured to store computerprogram instructions and a processor configured to execute the programinstructions. When the computer program instructions are executed by theprocessor, the electronic device is triggered to perform the followingsteps:

obtaining a folding status parameter, where the folding status parameteris used to describe a folding extent of a foldable device, and acomponent of the foldable device in a folded state causes firstinterference to a first sensor of the foldable device compared with thatin a non-folded state;

invoking a sensor adjustment policy corresponding to the folding statusparameter; and

adjusting a sensor operating parameter of the first sensor according tothe sensor adjustment policy, and/or performing data preprocessing onfirst sensor data collected by the first sensor to eliminate impact ofthe first interference.

In this embodiment of this application, when the instructions areexecuted by the device, before the device invokes the sensor adjustmentpolicy corresponding to the folding status parameter, the device isenabled to perform the following steps:

generating corresponding sensor adjustment policies for differentfolding status parameters, and including:

determining a data change amount or a data change range caused by thefirst interference in first sensor data corresponding to the differentfolding status parameters; and

setting the sensor adjustment policy to perform correction calculationon the first sensor data based on the data change amount or the datachange range caused by the first interference, to eliminate the datachange amount or the data change range caused by the first interferencein the first sensor data.

In this embodiment of this application, when the instructions areexecuted by the device, before the device invokes the sensor adjustmentpolicy corresponding to the folding status parameter, the device isenabled to perform the following steps:

generating corresponding sensor adjustment policies for differentfolding status parameters, and including:

obtaining a first collected data grading policy for the first sensor inthe non-folded state, where the first collected data grading policyincludes a first collected data grading threshold;

determining the data change amount or the data change range caused bythe first interference in the first sensor data corresponding to thedifferent folding status parameters;

determining, based on the first collected data grading threshold and thedata change amount or the data change range caused by the firstinterference, second collected data grading thresholds corresponding tothe different folding status parameters;

establishing, based on the second collected data grading thresholdscorresponding to the different folding status parameters, secondcollected data grading policies corresponding to the different foldingstatus parameters; and

setting the sensor adjustment policy to perform a grading operation onthe first sensor data based on the second collected data gradingpolicies, to determine a grade to which the first sensor data belongs.

In this embodiment of this application, when the instructions areexecuted by the device, the device is enabled to perform the step ofdetermining the data change amount or the data change range caused bythe first interference in the first sensor data corresponding to thedifferent folding status parameters, including:

separately obtaining, for a plurality of different sample environments,first sensor data corresponding to a non-folded state parameter anddifferent folding status parameters in each sample environment;

comparing, for a same sample environment, first sensor datacorresponding to a non-folded state parameter and different foldingstatus parameters, to generate a comparison result for the sampleenvironment; and

determining, with reference to the comparison result of each sampleenvironment, the data change amount or the data change range caused bythe first interference in the first sensor data corresponding to thedifferent folding status parameters.

In this embodiment of this application, when the instructions areexecuted by the device, the device is enabled to perform the step ofdetermining the data change amount or the data change range caused bythe first interference in the first sensor data corresponding to thedifferent folding status parameters, including:

parsing out a generation mechanism of the first interference based on arunning manner of the first sensor and a folding manner of the foldabledevice:

generating a first calculation function based on a parsing result of thegeneration mechanism of the first interference, where a parametervariable of the first calculation function includes the folding statusparameter and the data change amount or the data change range caused bythe first interference; and

calculating, based on the first calculation function, the data changeamount or the data change range caused by the first interference in thefirst sensor data corresponding to the different folding statusparameters.

In this embodiment of this application, when the instructions areexecuted by the device, before the device invokes the sensor adjustmentpolicy corresponding to the folding status parameter, the device isenabled to perform the following steps:

generating corresponding sensor adjustment policies for differentfolding status parameters, and including:

determining a first performance parameter when the first sensor operatesnormally in the non-folded state;

determining first sensor operating parameters corresponding to thedifferent folding status parameters, where the first sensor maintainsthe first performance parameter under impact of the first interferencebased on the first sensor operating parameters; and

setting the sensor adjustment policy to adjust a sensor operatingparameter of the first sensor to a first sensor operating parametercorresponding to the folding status parameter.

In this embodiment of this application, the folding status parameterincludes a folding extent grade, and different folding extent gradescorrespond to different folding angle ranges. When the instructions areexecuted by the device, the device is enabled to perform the step ofobtaining the folding status parameter, including:

obtaining a current folding angle of the foldable device; and

determining, based on a preset angle range threshold, a folding extentgrade to which the current folding angle belongs.

In this embodiment of this application, when the instructions areexecuted by the device, the device is enabled to perform the step ofobtaining the folding status parameter, including:

monitoring the folding status of the foldable device, and determiningwhether the folding status of the foldable device changes; and

after the folding status of the foldable device changes, obtaining thefolding status parameter when the change of the folding status ends.

The device, apparatus, modules or units described in embodiments of thisapplication may be specifically implemented by a computer chip or anentity, or may be implemented by a product having a function. A typicalimplementation device is a computer, for example, may be a desktopcomputer, a notebook computer, a tablet computer, a mobile phone, apersonal digital assistant, a media player, a navigation device, a gameconsole, a wearable device, or a combination of any of these devices.

Specifically, in an embodiment of this application, the electronicdevice may be a device such as a mobile terminal (a mobile phone, atablet computer, or a notebook computer), a local terminal (apersonal/industrial computer), or a cloud server. The one or morecomputer programs are stored in the memory, the one or more computerprograms include instructions, and when the instructions are executed bythe device, the device is enabled to perform the method steps inembodiments of this application.

Further, the electronic device shown in an embodiment of thisapplication may be a terminal device, or may be a circuit device builtin the foregoing terminal device. The device may be configured toperform the functions/steps in the method provided in embodiments inthis application.

Specifically, in an embodiment of this application, the processor of theelectronic device may be a system-on-a-chip SOC, and the processor mayinclude a central processing unit (Central Processing Unit, CPU), or mayfurther include a processor of another type.

Specifically, in an embodiment of this application, the processor mayinclude, for example, a CPU, a DSP, and a microcontroller, and mayfurther include an application processor (Application Processor, AP), agraphics processing unit (Graphics Processing Unit, GPU), an embeddedneural-network processing unit (Neural-network Process Unit, NPU), animage signal processor (Image Signal Processing, ISP), a modemprocessor, a video codec, a baseband processor, and a pulse widthmodulation (Pulse width modulation, PWM) controller.

The processor may further include a necessary hardware accelerator orlogic processing hardware circuit, for example, an ASIC, or one or moreintegrated circuits configured to control program execution in thetechnical solutions of this application. In addition, the processor mayhave a function of operating one or more software programs. The softwareprogram may be stored in a storage medium.

Specifically, in an embodiment of this application, the memory includesa permanent computer-readable medium, a non-permanent computer-readablemedium, a removable computer-readable medium, and a non-removablecomputer-readable medium that may implement information storage by usingany method or technology. Information stored in the computer-readablemedium of the memory may be computer-readable instructions, a datastructure, a module of a program, or other data.

Examples of computer-readable medium include but are not limited to: aread-only memory (Read-Only Memory, ROM), another type of static storagedevice that can store static information and instructions, a randomaccess memory (Random Access Memory. RAM), an electrically erasableprogrammable read-only memory (Electrically Erasable ProgrammableRead-Only Memory, EEPROM), a phase-change random access memory (PRAM), astatic random access memory (SRAM), a dynamic random access memory(DRAM), a flash memory, or a memory of another memory technology, acompact disc read-only memory (Compact Disc Read-Only Memory, CD-ROM),any medium that can store program code and can be accessed by acomputing device, such as a digital versatile disc (DVD) or anotheroptical storage (including a compact disc, a laser disc, an opticaldisc, a digital versatile disc, a Blu-ray disc, and the like), acartridge magnetic tape, a magnetic tape magnetic disk storage oranother magnetic storage device, or any other non-transmission medium.

Specifically, in an embodiment of this application, the processor andthe memory may be integrated into one processing apparatus, and morecommonly, are components independent of each other. The processor isconfigured to execute program code stored in the memory to implement themethod in embodiments of this application. In a specific implementation,the memory may also be integrated into the processor, or independent ofthe processor.

Specifically, FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram of a device structure of anembodiment of the electronic device according to this application. In anembodiment of this application, as shown in FIG. 9 , the electronicdevice 100 may include a processor 110, an external memory interface120, an internal memory 121, a universal serial bus (Universal SerialBus, USB) port 130, a charging management module 140, a power managementmodule 141, a battery 142, an antenna 1, an antenna 2, a mobilecommunication module 150, a wireless communication module 160, an audiomodule 170, a speaker 170A, a receiver 170B, a microphone 170C, aheadset jack 170D, a sensor module 180, a button 190, a motor 191, anindicator 192, a camera 193, a display 194, a subscriber identificationmodule (Subscriber Identification Module. SIM) card interface 195, andthe like. The sensor module 180 may include a pressure sensor 180A, agyroscope sensor 180B, a barometric pressure sensor 180C, a magneticsensor 180D, an acceleration sensor 180E, a distance sensor 180F, anoptical proximity sensor 180G, a fingerprint sensor 180H, a temperaturesensor 180J, a touch sensor 180K, an ambient light sensor 180L, a boneconduction sensor 180M, and the like.

It may be understood that the structure shown in this embodiment of thepresent invention does not constitute a specific limitation on theelectronic device 100. In some other embodiments of this application,the electronic device 100 may include more or fewer components thanthose shown in the figure, or some components may be combined, or somecomponents may be split, or different component arrangements may beused. The components shown in the figure may be implemented by hardware,software, or a combination of software and hardware.

The processor 110 may include one or more processing units. For example,the processor 110 may include an AP, a modem processor, a GPU, an ISP, acontroller, a video codec, a DSP, a baseband processor, and/or an NPU.Different processing units may be independent components, or may beintegrated into one or more processors. The controller of the processor110 may generate an operation control signal based on an instructionoperation code and a time sequence signal, to complete control ofinstruction reading and instruction execution.

A memory may be further disposed in the processor 110, and is configuredto store instructions and data. In some embodiments, the memory in theprocessor 110 is a cache memory. The memory may store instructions ordata just used or cyclically used by the processor 110. If the processor110 needs to use the instructions or the data again, the processor 110may directly invoke the instructions or the data from the memory. Thisavoids repeated access, reduces waiting time of the processor 110, andimproves system efficiency.

In some embodiments, the processor 110 may include one or moreinterfaces. The interface may include an inter-integrated circuit(Inter-Integrated Circuit, I2C) interface, an inter-integrated circuitsound (Inter-Integrated Circuit Sound, I2S) interface, a pulse codemodulation (Pulse Code Modulation, PCM) interface, a universalasynchronous receiver/transmitter (universal asynchronousreceiver/transmitter, UART) interface, a mobile industry processorinterface (Mobile Industry Processor Interface, MIPI), a general-purposeinput/output (General-Purpose Input/Output, GPIO) interface, asubscriber identity module (Subscriber Identity Module. SIM) interface,the USB port 130, and/or the like.

The I2C interface is a two-way synchronization serial bus, and includesone serial data line (Serial Data Line, SDA) and one serial clock line(Serial Clock Line, SCL). In some embodiments, the processor 110 mayinclude a plurality of groups of I2C buses. The processor 110 may beseparately coupled to the touch sensor 180K, a charger, a flash, thecamera 193, and the like through different I2C bus interfaces. Forexample, the processor 110 may be coupled to the touch sensor 180Kthrough the I2C interface, so that the processor 110 communicates withthe touch sensor 180K through the I2C bus interface, to implement atouch function of the electronic device 100.

The I2S interface may be used to perform audio communication. In someembodiments, the processor 110 may include a plurality of groups of I2Sbuses. The processor 110 may be coupled to the audio module 170 throughthe I2S bus, to implement communication between the processor 110 andthe audio module 170. In some embodiments, the audio module 170 maytransmit an audio signal to the wireless communication module 160through the I2S interface, to implement a function of answering a callthrough a Bluetooth headset.

The PCM interface may also be used to perform audio communication, andsample, quantize, and code an analog signal. In some embodiments, theaudio module 170 may be coupled to the wireless communication module 160through a PCM bus interface. In some embodiments, the audio module 170may also transmit an audio signal to the wireless communication module160 through the PCM interface, to implement a function of answering acall through a Bluetooth headset. Both the I2S interface and the PCMinterface may be used for audio communication.

The UART interface is a universal serial data bus, and is used toperform asynchronous communication. The bus may be a two-waycommunication bus. The bus converts to-be-transmitted data betweenserial communication and parallel communication. In some embodiments,the UART interface is usually used to connect the processor 110 to thewireless communication module 160. For example, the processor 110communicates with a Bluetooth module in the wireless communicationmodule 160 through the UART interface, to implement a Bluetoothfunction. In some embodiments, the audio module 170 may transmit anaudio signal to the wireless communication module 160 through the UARTinterface, to implement a function of playing music through a Bluetoothheadset.

The MIPI interface may be used to connect the processor 110 to aperipheral component such as the display 194 or the camera 193. The MIPIinterface includes a camera serial interface (Camera Serial Interface.CSI), a display serial interface (Display Serial Interface, DSI), andthe like. In some embodiments, the processor 110 communicates with thecamera 193 through the CSI, to implement a photographing function of theelectronic device 100. The processor 110 communicates with the display194 through the DSI, to implement a display function of the electronicdevice 100.

The GPIO interface may be configured by software. The GPIO interface maybe configured as a control signal or a data signal. In some embodiments,the GPIO interface may be used to connect the processor 110 to thecamera 193, the display 194, the wireless communication module 160, theaudio module 170, the sensor module 180, or the like. The GPIO interfacemay alternatively be configured as an I2C interface, an 12S interface, aUART interface, an MIPI interface, or the like.

The USB port 130 is an interface that conforms to a USB standardspecification, and may be specifically a mini USB port, a micro USBport, a USB type-C port, or the like. The USB port 130 may be used toconnect to the charger to charge the electronic device 100, or may beused to transmit data between the electronic device 100 and a peripheraldevice, or may be used to connect to a headset for playing audio throughthe headset. The interface may be further used to connect to anotherelectronic device such as an AR device.

It may be understood that an interface connection relationship betweenthe modules that is shown in this embodiment of the present invention ismerely an example for description, and does not constitute a limitationon a structure of the electronic device 100. In some other embodimentsof this application, the electronic device 100 may alternatively use aninterface connection manner different from that in the foregoingembodiment, or use a combination of a plurality of interface connectionmanners.

The charging management module 140 is configured to receive a charginginput from the charger. The charger may be a wireless charger or a wiredcharger. In some embodiments of wired charging, the charging managementmodule 140 may receive a charging input of a wired charger through theUSB interface 130. In some embodiments of wireless charging, thecharging management module 140 may receive a wireless charging inputthrough a wireless charging coil of the electronic device 100. Thecharging management module 140 supplies power to the electronic devicethrough the power management module 141 while charging the battery 142.

The power management module 141 is configured to connect to the battery142, the charging management module 140, and the processor 110. Thepower management module 141 receives an input from the battery 142and/or the charging management module 140, and supplies power to theprocessor 110, the internal memory 121, the display 194, the camera 193,the wireless communication module 160, and the like. The powermanagement module 141 may be further configured to monitor parameterssuch as a battery capacity, a battery cycle count, and a battery healthstatus (electric leakage or impedance). In some other embodiments, thepower management module 141 may alternatively be disposed in theprocessor 110. In some other embodiments, the power management module141 and the charging management module 140 may alternatively be disposedin a same device.

A wireless communication function of the electronic device 100 may beimplemented through the antenna 1, the antenna 2, the mobilecommunication module 150, the wireless communication module 160, themodem processor, the baseband processor, and the like.

The antenna 1 and the antenna 2 are configured to transmit and receivean electromagnetic wave signal. Each antenna in the electronic device100 may be configured to cover one or more communication frequencybands. Different antennas may be further multiplexed, to improve antennautilization. For example, the antenna 1 may be multiplexed as adiversity antenna of a wireless local area network. In some otherembodiments, the antenna may be used in combination with a tuningswitch.

The mobile communication module 150 can provide a solution, applied tothe electronic device 100, to wireless communication including 2G, 3G,4G, 5G, and the like. The mobile communication module 150 may include atleast one filter, a switch, a power amplifier, a low noise amplifier(Low Noise Amplifier, LNA), and the like. The mobile communicationmodule 150 may receive an electromagnetic wave through the antenna 1,perform processing such as filtering or amplification on the receivedelectromagnetic wave, and transmit the electromagnetic wave to the modemprocessor for demodulation. The mobile communication module 150 mayfurther amplify a signal modulated by the modem processor, and convertthe signal into an electromagnetic wave for radiation through theantenna 1. In some embodiments, at least some functional modules in themobile communication module 150 may be disposed in the processor 110. Insome embodiments, at least some functional modules of the mobilecommunication module 150 may be disposed in a same device as at leastsome modules of the processor 110.

The modem processor may include a modulator and a demodulator. Themodulator is configured to modulate a to-be-sent low-frequency basebandsignal into a medium-/high-frequency signal. The demodulator isconfigured to demodulate a received electromagnetic wave signal into alow-frequency baseband signal. Then, the demodulator transmits thelow-frequency baseband signal obtained through demodulation to thebaseband processor for processing. The low-frequency baseband signal isprocessed by the baseband processor and then transmitted to theapplication processor. The application processor outputs a sound signalby using an audio device (which is not limited to the speaker 170A, thereceiver 170B, or the like), or displays an image or a video by usingthe display 194. In some embodiments, the modem processor may be anindependent component. In some other embodiments, the modem processormay be independent of the processor 110, and is disposed in a samedevice as the mobile communication module 150 or another functionalmodule.

The wireless communication module 160 may provide a wirelesscommunication solution that is applied to the electronic device 100 andthat includes a wireless local area network (Wireless Local AreaNetwork, WLAN) (for example, a wireless fidelity (Wireless Fidelity,Wi-Fi) network). Bluetooth (Bluetooth, BT), a global navigationsatellite system (Global Navigation Satellite System, GNSS), frequencymodulation (Frequency Modulation. FM), a near field communication (NearField Communication, NFC) technology, an infrared (Infrared, IR)technology, or the like. The wireless communication module 160 may beone or more components integrating at least one communication processormodule. The wireless communication module 160 receives anelectromagnetic wave through the antenna 2, performs frequencymodulation and filtering processing on an electromagnetic wave signal,and sends a processed signal to the processor 110. The wirelesscommunication module 160 may further receive a to-be-sent signal fromthe processor 110, perform frequency modulation and amplification on thesignal, and convert the signal into an electromagnetic wave forradiation through the antenna 2.

In some embodiments, the antenna 1 and the mobile communication module150 in the electronic device 100 are coupled, and the antenna 2 and thewireless communication module 160 in the electronic device 100 arecoupled, so that the electronic device 100 can communicate with anetwork and another device by using a wireless communication technology.The wireless communication technology may include a global system formobile communications (Global System For Mobile Communications. GSM), ageneral packet radio service (General Packet Radio Service, GPRS), codedivision multiple access (Code Division Multiple Access, CDMA), widebandcode division multiple access (Wideband Code Division Multiple Access,WCDMA), time-division code division multiple access (Time-Division CodeDivision Multiple Access, TD-SCDMA), long term evolution (Long TermEvolution, LTE), the BT, the GNSS, the WLAN, the NFC, the FM, the IRtechnology, and/or the like. The GNSS may include a global positioningsystem (Global Positioning System, GPS), a global navigation satellitesystem (Global Navigation Satellite System, GLONASS), a BeiDounavigation satellite system (BeiDou Navigation Satellite System, BDS), aquasi-zenith satellite system (Quasi-Zenith Satellite System, QZSS),and/or a satellite based augmentation system (Satellite BasedAugmentation System. SBAS).

The electronic device 100 may implement a display function through theGPU, the display 194, the application processor, and the like. The GPUis a microprocessor for image processing, and is connected to thedisplay 194 and the application processor. The GPU is configured to:perform mathematical and geometric computation, and render an image. Theprocessor 110 may include one or more GPUs, which execute programinstructions to generate or change display information.

The display 194 is configured to display an image, a video, and thelike. The display 194 includes a display panel. The display panel may bea liquid crystal display (Liquid Crystal Display, LCD), an organiclight-emitting diode (Organic Light-Emitting Diode, OLED), anactive-matrix organic light-emitting diode (Active-Matrix Organic LightEmitting Diode, AMOLED), a flexible light-emitting diode (FlexLight-Emitting Diode, FLED), a mini-LED, a micro-LED, a micro-OLED, aquantum dot light emitting diode (Quantum Dot Light Emitting Diode,QLED), or the like. In some embodiments, the electronic device 100 mayinclude one or N displays 194, where N is a positive integer greaterthan 1.

The electronic device 100 may implement a photographing function throughthe ISP, the camera 193, the video codec, the GPU, the display 194, theapplication processor and the like.

The ISP is configured to process data fed back by the camera 193. Forexample, during photographing, a shutter is pressed, and light istransferred to a photosensitive element of the camera through a lens. Anoptical signal is converted into an electrical signal, and thephotosensitive element of the camera transmits the electrical signal tothe ISP for processing, to convert the electrical signal into a visibleimage. The ISP may further perform algorithm optimization on noise,brightness, and complexion of the image. The ISP may further optimizeparameters such as exposure and a color temperature of a photographingscenario. In some embodiments, the ISP may be disposed in the camera193.

The camera 193 may be configured to capture a static image or a video.An optical image of an object is generated through the lens, and isprojected onto the photosensitive element. The photosensitive elementmay be a charge coupled device (Charge Coupled Device, CCD) or acomplementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (ComplementaryMetal-Oxide-Semiconductor, CMOS) phototransistor. The photosensitiveelement converts an optical signal into an electrical signal, and thentransmits the electrical signal to the ISP to convert the electricalsignal into a digital image signal. The ISP outputs the digital imagesignal to the DSP for processing. The DSP converts the digital imagesignal into an image signal in a standard format such as RGB or YUV. Insome embodiments, the electronic device 100 may include one or N cameras193, where N is a positive integer greater than 1.

The digital signal processor is configured to process a digital signal,and may process another digital signal in addition to the digital imagesignal. For example, when the electronic device 100 selects a frequency,the digital signal processor is configured to perform Fouriertransformation on frequency energy.

The video codec is configured to compress or decompress a digital video.The electronic device 100 may support one or more video codecs. In thisway, the electronic device 100 may play back or record videos in aplurality of coding formats, for example, moving picture experts group(Moving Picture Experts Group, MPEG)-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-3, and MPEG-4.

The NPU is a neural-network (Neural-Network, NN) computing processor.The NPU quickly processes input information by referring to a structureof a biological neural network, for example, a transfer mode betweenhuman brain neurons, and may further continuously perform self-learning.Applications such as intelligent cognition of the electronic device 100may be implemented through the NPU, for example, image recognition,facial recognition, speech recognition, and text understanding.

The external memory interface 120 may be used to connect to an externalstorage card, for example, a micro SD card, to extend a storagecapability of the electronic device 100. The external storage cardcommunicates with the processor 110 through the external memoryinterface 120, to implement a data storage function. For example, filessuch as music and videos are stored in the external storage card.

The internal memory 121 may be configured to store computer executableprogram code, where the executable program code includes instructions.The internal memory 121 may include a program storage area and a datastorage area. The program storage area may store an operating system, anapplication program required by at least one function (for example, asound playing function or an image playing function), and the like. Thedata storage area may store data (for example, audio data and an addressbook) and the like created when the electronic device 100 is used. Inaddition, the internal memory 121 may include a high-speed random accessmemory, or may include a nonvolatile memory, for example, at least onemagnetic disk storage device, a flash memory, or a universal flashstorage (Universal Flash Storage, UFS). The processor 110 runs theinstructions stored in the internal memory 121 and/or the instructionsstored in the memory disposed in the processor, to perform variousfunction applications and data processing of the electronic device 100.

The electronic device 100 may implement an audio function, for example,music playing and recording, through the audio module 170, the speaker170A, the receiver 170B, the microphone 170C, the headset jack 170D, theapplication processor, and the like.

The audio module 170 is configured to convert digital audio informationinto an analog audio signal for output, and is also configured toconvert an analog audio input into a digital audio signal. The audiomodule 170 may be further configured to code and decode an audio signal.In some embodiments, the audio module 170 may be disposed in theprocessor 110, or some functional modules in the audio module 170 aredisposed in the processor 110.

The speaker 170A, also referred to as a “loudspeaker”, is configured toconvert an audio electrical signal into a sound signal. The electronicdevice 100 may be used to listen to music or answer a call in ahands-free mode over the speaker 170A.

The receiver 170B, also referred to as an “earpiece”, is configured toconvert an audio electrical signal into a sound signal. When a call isanswered or speech information is received through the electronic device100, the receiver 170B may be put close to a human ear to listen to avoice.

The microphone 170C, also referred to as a “mike” or a “mic”, isconfigured to convert a sound signal into an electrical signal. Whenmaking a call or sending a voice message, a user may make a sound nearthe microphone 170C through the mouth of the user, to input a soundsignal to the microphone 170C. At least one microphone 170C may bedisposed in the electronic device 100. In some other embodiments, twomicrophones 170C may be disposed in the electronic device 100, tocollect a sound signal and implement a noise reduction function. In someother embodiments, three, four, or more microphones 170C mayalternatively be disposed in the electronic device 100, to collect asound signal, implement noise reduction, and identify a sound source, soas to implement a directional recording function and the like.

The headset jack 170D is configured to connect to a wired headset. Theheadset jack 170D may be the USB port 130, or may be a 3.5 mm openmobile terminal platform (Open Mobile Terminal Platform, OMTP) standardinterface or cellular telecommunications industry association of the USA(Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association of the USA, CTIA)standard interface.

The pressure sensor 180A is configured to sense a pressure signal, andcan convert the pressure signal into an electrical signal. In someembodiments, the pressure sensor 180A may be disposed on the display194. There are a plurality of types of pressure sensors 180A, such as aresistive pressure sensor, an inductive pressure sensor, and acapacitive pressure sensor. The capacitive pressure sensor may includeat least two parallel plates made of conductive materials. When a forceis applied to the pressure sensor 180A, capacitance between electrodeschanges. The electronic device 100 determines pressure intensity basedon a change in the capacitance. When a touch operation is performed onthe display 194, the electronic device 100 detects touch operationintensity by using the pressure sensor 180A. The electronic device 100may also calculate a touch position based on a detection signal of thepressure sensor 180A. In some embodiments, touch operations that areperformed in a same touch position but have different touch operationintensity may correspond to different operation instructions. Forexample, when a touch operation whose touch operation intensity is lessthan a first pressure threshold is performed on an SMS messageapplication icon, an instruction for viewing an SMS message isperformed. When a touch operation whose touch operation intensity isgreater than or equal to the first pressure threshold is performed onthe SMS message application icon, an instruction for creating an SMSmessage is performed.

The gyroscope sensor 180B may be configured to determine a movingposture of the electronic device 100. In some embodiments, an angularvelocity of the electronic device 100 around three axes (namely, axes x,y, and z) may be determined by using the gyroscope sensor 180B. Thegyroscope sensor 180B may be configured to implement image stabilizationduring photographing. For example, when the shutter is pressed, thegyroscope sensor 180B detects an angle at which the electronic device100 jitters, calculates, based on the angle, a distance for which a lensmodule needs to compensate, and allows the lens to cancel the jitter ofthe electronic device 100 through reverse motion, to implement imagestabilization. The gyroscope sensor 180B may also be used in anavigation scenario and a somatic game scenario.

The barometric pressure sensor 180C is configured to measure barometricpressure. In some embodiments, the electronic device 100 calculates analtitude through the barometric pressure measured by the barometricpressure sensor 180C, to assist in positioning and navigation.

The magnetic sensor 180D includes a Hall sensor. The electronic device100 may detect opening and closing of a flip cover by using the magneticsensor 180D. In some embodiments, when the electronic device 100 is aflip phone, the electronic device 100 may detect opening and closing ofa flip cover based on the magnetic sensor 180D. Further, a feature suchas automatic unlocking upon opening of the flip cover is set based on adetected opening or closing state of the flip cover.

The acceleration sensor 180E may detect accelerations in variousdirections (usually on three axes) of the electronic device 100, and maydetect magnitude and a direction of gravity when the electronic device100 is still. The acceleration sensor 180E may be further configured toidentify a posture of the electronic device, and is used in anapplication such as switching between a landscape mode and a portraitmode or a pedometer.

The distance sensor 180F is configured to measure a distance. Theelectronic device 100 may measure the distance in an infrared manner ora laser manner. In some embodiments, in a photographing scenario, theelectronic device 100 may measure a distance through the distance sensor180F to implement quick focusing.

The optical proximity sensor 180G may include, for example, alight-emitting diode (LED) and an optical detector such as a photodiode.The light-emitting diode may be an infrared light-emitting diode. Theelectronic device 100 emits infrared light by using the light-emittingdiode. The electronic device 100 detects infrared reflected light from anearby object through the photodiode. When sufficient reflected light isdetected, it may be determined that there is an object near theelectronic device 100. When insufficient reflected light is detected,the electronic device 100 may determine that there is no object near theelectronic device 100. The electronic device 100 may detect, by usingthe optical proximity sensor 180G, that the user holds the electronicdevice 100 close to an ear for a call, to automatically turn off ascreen for power saving. The optical proximity sensor 180G may also beused in a flip cover mode or a pocket mode to automatically performscreen unlocking or locking.

The ambient light sensor 180L is configured to sense ambient lightbrightness. The electronic device 100 may adaptively adjust brightnessof the display 194 based on the sensed ambient light brightness. Theambient light sensor 180L may also be configured to automatically adjustwhite balance during photographing. The ambient light sensor 180L mayalso cooperate with the optical proximity sensor 180G to detect whetherthe electronic device 100 is in a pocket, to avoid an accidental touch.

The fingerprint sensor 180H is configured to collect a fingerprint. Theelectronic device 100 may use a feature of the collected fingerprint toimplement fingerprint-based unlocking, application lock access,fingerprint-based photographing, fingerprint-based call answering, andthe like.

The temperature sensor 1803 is configured to detect a temperature. Insome embodiments, the electronic device 100 executes a temperatureprocessing policy through the temperature detected by the temperaturesensor 180J. For example, when the temperature reported by thetemperature sensor 1803 exceeds a threshold, the electronic device 100lowers performance of a processor nearby the temperature sensor 180J, toreduce power consumption for thermal protection. In some otherembodiments, when the temperature is lower than another threshold, theelectronic device 100 heats the battery 142 to prevent the electronicdevice 100 from being shut down abnormally due to a low temperature. Insome other embodiments, when the temperature is lower than still anotherthreshold, the electronic device 100 boosts an output voltage of thebattery 142 to avoid abnormal shutdown caused by a low temperature.

The touch sensor 180K is also referred to as a “touch component”. Thetouch sensor 180K may be disposed on the display 194, and the touchsensor 180K and the display 194 constitute a touchscreen, which is alsoreferred to as a “touch screen”. The touch sensor 180K is configured todetect a touch operation performed on or near the touch sensor 180K. Thetouch sensor may transfer the detected touch operation to theapplication processor to determine a type of a touch event. A visualoutput related to the touch operation may be provided through thedisplay 194. In some other embodiments, the touch sensor 180K may alsobe disposed on a surface of the electronic device 100 at a positiondifferent from that of the display 194.

The bone conduction sensor 180M may obtain a vibration signal. In someembodiments, the bone conduction sensor 180M may obtain a vibrationsignal of a vibration bone of a human vocal-cord part. The boneconduction sensor 180M may also be in contact with a body pulse toreceive a blood pressure beating signal. In some embodiments, the boneconduction sensor 180M may also be disposed in the headset, to obtain abone conduction headset. The audio module 170 may obtain a voice signalthrough parsing based on the vibration signal that is of the vibrationbone of the vocal-cord part and that is obtained by the bone conductionsensor 180M, to implement a voice function. The application processormay parse heart rate information based on the blood pressure beatingsignal obtained by the bone conduction sensor 180M, to implement a heartrate detection function.

The button 190 includes a power button, a volume button, and the like.The button 190 may be a mechanical button, or may be a touch button. Theelectronic device 100 may receive a button input, and generate a buttonsignal input related to a user setting and function control of theelectronic device 100.

The motor 191 may generate a vibration prompt. The motor 191 may beconfigured to provide an incoming call vibration prompt and a touchvibration feedback. For example, touch operations performed on differentapplications (for example, photographing and audio playing) maycorrespond to different vibration feedback effects. The motor 191 mayalso correspond to different vibration feedback effects for touchoperations performed on different areas of the display 194. Differentapplication scenarios (for example, a time reminder, informationreceiving, an alarm clock, and a game) may also correspond to differentvibration feedback effects. A touch vibration feedback effect may befurther customized.

The indicator 192 may be an indicator light, and may be configured toindicate a charging status and a power change, or may be configured toindicate a message, a missed call, a notification, and the like.

The SIM card interface 195 is configured to connect to a SIM card. TheSIM card may be inserted into or removed from the SIM card interface195, to implement contact with or separation from the electronic device100. The electronic device 100 may support one or N SIM card interfaces,where N is a positive integer greater than 1. The SIM card interface 195may support a nano-SIM card, a micro-SIM card, a SIM card, and the like.A plurality of cards may be inserted into a same SIM card interface 195at the same time. The plurality of cards may be of a same type ordifferent types. The SIM card interface 195 may be compatible withdifferent types of SIM cards. The SIM card interface 195 may also becompatible with an external storage card. The electronic device 100interacts with a network through the SIM card, to implement functionssuch as conversation and data communication. In some embodiments, theelectronic device 100 uses an eSIM, that is, an embedded SIM card. TheeSIM card may be embedded into the electronic device 100, and cannot beseparated from the electronic device 100.

It should be understood that the electronic device 900 shown in FIG. 32can implement the processes in the method provided in embodiments ofthis application. Operations and/or functions of the modules of theelectronic device 900 are separately intended to implement correspondingprocesses in the foregoing method embodiments. For details, refer to thedescriptions in the method embodiments in embodiments of thisapplication. To avoid repetition, detailed descriptions are properlyomitted herein.

A software system of the electronic device 100 may use a layeredarchitecture, an event-driven architecture, a microkernel architecture,a micro service architecture, or a cloud architecture. In thisembodiment of the present invention, an Android system of a layeredarchitecture is used as an example to illustrate the software structureof the electronic device 100.

In a layered architecture, software is divided into several layers, andeach layer has a clear role and task. The layers communicate with eachother through a software interface. In some embodiments, the Androidsystem is divided into four layers: an application layer, an applicationframework layer, an Android runtime (Android runtime) and systemlibrary, and a kernel layer from top to bottom.

The application layer may include a series of application packages.

FIG. 10 is a block diagram of the software structure of the electronicdevice according to an embodiment of this application. As shown in FIG.10 , the application packages may include applications such as Camera.Gallery, Calendar, Phone, Map, Navigation, WLAN, Bluetooth. Music,Videos, and SMS Messages.

The application framework layer provides an application programminginterface (application programming interface, API) and a programmingframework for an application at the application layer. The applicationframework layer includes some predefined functions.

As shown in FIG. 10 , the application framework layer may include awindow manager, a content provider, a view system, a phone manager, aresource manager, a notification manager, and the like.

The window manager is configured to manage a window program. The windowmanager may obtain a size of the display, determine whether there is astatus bar, perform screen locking, take a screenshot, and the like.

The content provider is configured to: store and obtain data, and enablethe data to be accessed by an application. The data may include a video,an image, audio, calls that are made and received, a browsing historyand a bookmark, a phone book, and the like.

The view system includes visual controls such as a control fordisplaying a text and a control for displaying an image. The view systemmay be configured to construct an application. A display interface mayinclude one or more views. For example, a display interface including anSMS message notification icon may include a view for displaying a textand a view for displaying an image.

The phone manager is configured to provide a communication function ofthe electronic device 100, for example, management of a call status(including answering, declining, or the like).

The resource manager provides various resources such as a localizedcharacter string, an icon, an image, a layout file, and a video file foran application.

The notification manager enables an application to display notificationinformation in a status bar, and may be configured to convey anotification message. The displayed notification information mayautomatically disappear after a short pause without requiring a userinteraction. For example, the notification manager is configured tonotify download completion, give a message notification, and the like.The notification manager may alternatively be a notification thatappears in a top status bar of the system in a form of a graph or ascroll bar text, for example, a notification of an application that isrun on a background, or may be a notification that appears on the screenin a form of a dialog window. For example, text information is displayedin the status bar, an announcement is given, the electronic devicevibrates, or the indicator light blinks.

The Android runtime includes a core library and a virtual machine. TheAndroid runtime is responsible for scheduling and management of anAndroid system.

The core library includes two parts, a function that needs to be invokedin Java language, and a core library of Android.

The application layer and the application framework layer run on thevirtual machine. The virtual machine executes Java files of theapplication layer and the application framework layer as binary files.The virtual machine is configured to perform functions such as objectlifecycle management, stack management, thread management, security andexception management, and garbage collection.

The system library may include a plurality of functional modules, forexample, a surface manager (surface manager), a media library (MediaLibrary), a three-dimensional graphics processing library (for example,OpenGL ES), and a 2D graphics engine (for example, SGL).

The surface manager is configured to manage a display subsystem andprovide fusion of 2D and 3D layers for a plurality of applications.

The media library supports playback and recording in a plurality ofcommonly used audio and video formats, and static image files. The medialibrary may support a plurality of audio and video coding formats, forexample, MPEG-4, H.264, MP3, AAC, AMR, JPG, and PNG.

The three-dimensional graphics processing library is configured toimplement three-dimensional graphics drawing, image rendering,composition, layer processing, and the like.

The 2D graphics engine is a drawing engine for 2D drawing.

The kernel layer is a layer between hardware and software. The kernellayer includes at least a display driver, a camera driver, an audiodriver, and a sensor driver.

The following describes an example of a working process of software andhardware of the electronic device 100 with reference to a photographingscenario.

When the touch sensor 180K receives a touch operation, a correspondinghardware interrupt is sent to the kernel layer. The kernel layerprocesses the touch operation into an original input event (includinginformation such as touch coordinates and a time stamp of the touchoperation). The original input event is stored at the kernel layer. Theapplication framework layer obtains the original input event from thekernel layer, and identifies a control corresponding to the input event.An example in which the touch operation is a touch operation, and acontrol corresponding to the touch operation is a control of a cameraapplication icon is used. A camera application invokes an interface ofthe application framework layer to enable the camera application, sothat the camera driver is enabled by invoking the kernel layer, and astatic image or a video is captured through the camera 193.

A person skilled in the art should understand that embodiments of thisapplication may be provided as a method, an apparatus, or a computerprogram product. Therefore, the present invention may use a form ofhardware only embodiments, software only embodiments, or embodimentswith a combination of software and hardware. Moreover, the presentinvention may use a form of a computer program product that isimplemented on one or more computer-usable storage media that includecomputer-usable program code.

In embodiments of this application, when any of the functions areimplemented in a form of a software functional unit and sold or used asan independent product, the functions may be stored in acomputer-readable storage medium. Based on such an understanding, thetechnical solutions of this application essentially, or the partcontributing to the conventional technology, or some of the technicalsolutions may be implemented in a form of a software product. Thecomputer software product is stored in a storage medium, and includesseveral instructions for instructing a computer device (which may be apersonal computer, a server, a network device, or the like) to performall or some of the steps of the methods described in embodiments of thisapplication.

Specifically, an embodiment of this application further provides acomputer-readable storage medium. The computer-readable storage mediumstores a computer program, and when the computer program is run on acomputer, the computer is enabled to perform the method provided inembodiments of this application.

An embodiment of this application further provides a computer programproduct. The computer program product includes a computer program. Whenthe computer program is run on a computer, the computer is enabled toperform the method provided in embodiments of this application.

Embodiments of this application is described with reference to theflowcharts and/or block diagrams of the method, the device (apparatus),and the computer program product according to embodiments of thisapplication. It should be understood that computer program instructionsmay be used to implement each process and/or each block in theflowcharts and/or the block diagrams and a combination of a processand/or a block in the flowcharts and/or the block diagrams. Thesecomputer program instructions may be provided for a general-purposecomputer, a dedicated computer, an embedded processor, or a processor ofanother programmable data processing device to generate a machine, sothat instructions executed by the computer or the processor of theanother programmable data processing device generate an apparatus forimplementing a specific function in one or more processes in theflowcharts and/or in one or more blocks in the block diagrams.

These computer program instructions may alternatively be stored in acomputer-readable memory that can indicate a computer or anotherprogrammable data processing device to work in a specific manner, sothat the instructions stored in the computer-readable memory generate anartifact that includes an instruction apparatus. The instructionapparatus implements a specific function in one or more processes in theflowcharts and/or in one or more blocks in the block diagrams.

These computer program instructions may alternatively be loaded onto acomputer or another programmable data processing device, so that aseries of operations and steps are performed on the computer or theanother programmable device, so that computer-implemented processing isgenerated. Therefore, the instructions executed on the computer or theanother programmable device provide steps for implementing a specificfunction in one or more processes in the flowcharts and/or in one ormore blocks in the block diagrams.

It should be noted that, in embodiments of this application, “at leastone” means one or more, and “a plurality of” means two or more. The term“and/or” describes an association relationship between associatedobjects and indicates that three relationships may exist. For example, Aand/or B may indicate the following three cases. Only A exists, both Aand B exist, and only B exists. A and B may be in a singular form or aplural form. The character “/” generally indicates an “or” relationshipbetween the associated objects. “At least one of the following items”and a similar expression refer to any combination of these items,including a single item or any combination of a plurality of items. Forexample, at least one of a, b, and c may indicate a, b, c, a and b, aand c, b and c, or a, b, and c, where a, b, and c may be singular orplural.

In embodiments of this application, the terms “include” or any othervariant thereof is intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, so thata process, a method, a commodity, or a device that includes a list ofelements not only includes those elements but also includes otherelements that are not expressly listed, or further includes elementsinherent to such a process, method, commodity, or device. An elementpreceded by “includes a . . . ” does not, without more constraints,preclude the existence of additional identical elements in the process,method, commodity, or device that includes the element.

This application can be described in the general context of computerexecutable instructions executed by a computer, for example, a programmodule. Generally, the program module includes a routine, program,object, component, data structure, and the like for executing aparticular task or implementing a particular abstract data type. Thisapplication may be practiced in distributed computing environments inwhich tasks are performed by remote processing devices that areconnected through a communication network. In a distributed computingenvironment, program modules may be located in both local and remotecomputer storage media including storage devices.

Embodiments in this application are all described in a progressivemanner, for same or similar parts in embodiments, refer to theseembodiments, and each embodiment focuses on a difference from otherembodiments. Especially, an apparatus embodiment is basically similar toa method embodiment, and therefore is described briefly: for relatedparts, refer to partial descriptions in the method embodiment.

A person of ordinary skill in the art may be aware that units andalgorithm steps described in embodiments of this application may beimplemented by electronic hardware, or a combination of computersoftware and electronic hardware. Whether the functions are performed byhardware or software depends on particular applications and designconstraint conditions of the technical solutions. A person skilled inthe art may use different methods to implement the described functionsfor each particular application, but it should not be considered thatthe implementation goes beyond the scope of this application.

It may be clearly understood by a person skilled in the art that, forthe purpose of convenient and brief description, for a detailed workingprocess of the foregoing apparatus, apparatus and unit, refer to acorresponding process in the foregoing method embodiments, and detailsare not described herein again.

The foregoing descriptions are merely specific implementations ofembodiments of this application. Any variation or replacement readilyfigured out by a person skilled in the art within the technical scopedisclosed in this application shall fall within the protection scope ofthis application. The protection scope of this application shall besubject to the protection scope of the claims.

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 21. A method implemented by a foldable device, themethod comprising: obtaining a folding status parameter that indicates afolding extent of a foldable device comprising a first sensor; invokinga sensor adjustment corresponding to the folding status parameter; andperforming an adjustment operation on the first sensor according to thesensor adjustment by: adjusting a sensor operating parameter of thefirst sensor; or performing data preprocessing on first sensor datacollected by the first sensor.
 22. The method according to claim 21,wherein before invoking the sensor adjustment, the method furthercomprises generating corresponding sensor adjustment policies fordifferent folding status parameters by: determining a data change amountor a data change range due to a first interference in the first sensordata corresponding to the different folding status parameters, wherein acomponent of the foldable device in a folded state causes the firstinterference to the first sensor compared with the foldable device in anon-folded state; and setting the sensor adjustment based on the datachange amount or the data change range.
 23. The method according toclaim 22, wherein the sensor adjustment is set to perform a correctioncalculation on the first sensor data, based on the data change amount orthe data change range, to at least partially eliminate the data changeamount or the data change range.
 24. The method according to claim 22,wherein the method further comprises: obtaining a first collected datagrading policy for the first sensor in the non-folded state, wherein thefirst collected data grading policy comprises a first collected datagrading threshold; determining, based on the first collected datagrading threshold and the data change amount or the data change range,second collected data grading thresholds corresponding to the differentfolding status parameters; establishing, based on the second collecteddata grading thresholds, second collected data grading policiescorresponding to the different folding status parameters; and settingthe sensor adjustment to perform a grading operation on the first sensordata, based on the second collected data grading policies, to determinea grade to which the first sensor data belongs.
 25. The method accordingto claim 22, wherein the method further comprises: separately obtaining,for different sample environments, the first sensor data correspondingto a non-folded state parameter and different folding status parametersin each sample environment; comparing, for each sample environment, thefirst sensor data to generate a comparison result for the sampleenvironment; and determining, based on the comparison result of eachsample environment, the data change amount or the data change range. 26.The method according to claim 22, wherein the method further comprises:parsing out a generation mechanism of the first interference based on arunning manner of the first sensor and a folding manner of the foldabledevice; generating a first calculation function, including a parametervariable, based on a parsing result of the generation mechanism, whereinthe parameter variable comprises the folding status parameter andcomprises the data change amount or the data change range; andcalculating, based on the first calculation function, the data changeamount or the data change range.
 27. The method according to claim 22,wherein before invoking the sensor adjustment, the method furthercomprises generating corresponding sensor adjustment policies fordifferent folding status parameters by: determining a first performanceparameter when the first sensor operates normally when the foldabledevice is in a non-folded state; determining, for the first sensor,first sensor operating parameters corresponding to the different foldingstatus parameters that maintain the first performance parameter under animpact of the first interference; and setting the sensor adjustment toadjust a sensor operating parameter of the first sensor based on thefolding status parameter.
 28. The method according to claim 21, whereinthe folding status parameter comprises a folding extent gradecorresponding to a folding angle range, and wherein the method furthercomprises: obtaining a current folding angle of the foldable device; anddetermining, based on a preset angle range threshold, the folding extentgrade to which the current folding angle belongs.
 29. The methodaccording to claim 21, wherein the method further comprises: monitoringa folding status of the foldable device; detecting whether the foldingstatus changes; and obtaining the folding status parameter when thefolding status of the foldable device changes.
 30. An apparatus for afoldable device, the apparatus comprising: a folding status monitoringcomponent configured to obtain a folding status parameter indicate afolding extent of the foldable device; a first sensor configured tocollect first sensor data; a policy invoking component configured toinvoke a sensor adjustment corresponding to the folding statusparameter; and a sensor adjustment component configured to perform anadjustment operation on the first sensor according to the sensoradjustment to at least partially eliminate impact of a firstinterference to the first sensor caused by a component of the foldabledevice when the foldable device is in a folded state by: adjusting asensor operating parameter of the first sensor; or performing datapreprocessing on the first sensor data.
 31. The apparatus according toclaim 30, wherein the apparatus further comprises an adjustment policygeneration component, configured to generate corresponding sensoradjustment policies for different folding status parameters by:determining a data change amount or a data change range due to the firstinterference in the first sensor data corresponding to the differentfolding status parameters; and setting the sensor adjustment based onthe data change amount or the data change range.
 32. The apparatusaccording to claim 31, wherein the adjustment policy generationcomponent is further configured to set the sensor adjustment to performa correction calculation on the first sensor data, based on the datachange amount or the data change range, to at least partially eliminatethe data change amount or the data change range.
 33. The apparatusaccording to claim 31, wherein the adjustment policy generationcomponent is further configured to: obtain a first collected datagrading policy for the first sensor when the foldable device is inanon-folded state, wherein the first collected data grading policycomprises a first collected data grading threshold; determine, based onthe first collected data grading threshold and the data change amount orthe data change range, second collected data grading thresholdscorresponding to the different folding status parameters; establish,based on the second collected data grading thresholds, second collecteddata grading policies corresponding to the different folding statusparameters; and set the sensor adjustment to perform a grading operationon the first sensor data, based on the second collected data gradingpolicies, to determine a grade to which the first sensor data belongs.34. The apparatus according to claim 31, wherein the adjustment policygeneration component is further configured to: separately obtain, fordifferent sample environments, the first sensor data corresponding to anon-folded state parameter and different folding status parameters ineach sample environment; compare, for each sample environment, the firstsensor data to generate a comparison result for the sample environment;and determine, based on the comparison result of each sampleenvironment, the data change amount or the data change range.
 35. Theapparatus according to claim 31, wherein the adjustment policygeneration component is further configured to: parse out a generationmechanism of the first interference based on a running manner of thefirst sensor and a folding manner of the foldable device; generate afirst calculation function, including a parameter variable, based on aparsing result of the generation mechanism, wherein the parametervariable comprises the folding status parameter and comprises the datachange amount or the data change range; and calculate, based on thefirst calculation function, the data change amount or the data changerange.
 36. The apparatus according to claim 30, wherein the apparatusfurther comprises an adjustment policy generation component configuredto generate corresponding sensor adjustment policies for differentfolding status parameters by: determining a first performance parameterwhen the first sensor operates normally when the foldable device is in anon-folded state; determining first sensor operating parameterscorresponding to the different folding status parameters, wherein thefirst sensor maintains the first performance parameter under an impactof the first interference based on the first sensor operatingparameters; and adjusting the sensor operating parameter of the firstsensor based on the folding status parameter.
 37. The apparatusaccording to claim 30, wherein the folding status parameter comprises afolding extent grade, corresponding to a folding angle range, andwherein the folding status monitoring component is further configuredto: obtain a current folding angle of the foldable device; anddetermine, based on a preset angle range threshold, the folding extentgrade to which the current folding angle belongs.
 38. The apparatusaccording to claim 30, wherein the folding status monitoring componentis further configured to: monitor a folding status of the foldabledevice; detect whether the folding status changes; and obtain when thefolding status of changes, the folding status parameter.
 39. Anelectronic device, wherein the electronic device comprises: a processor;and a non-transitory memory coupled to the processor and configured tostore instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause theelectronic device to be configured to: obtain a folding statusparameter, to indicate a folding extent of the electronic devicecomprising a first sensor; invoke a sensor adjustment corresponding tothe folding status parameter; and perform an adjustment operation on thefirst sensor according to the sensor adjustment by: adjusting a sensoroperating parameter of the first sensor; or performing datapreprocessing on first sensor data collected by the first sensor. 40.The electronic device according to claim 39, wherein before invoking thesensor adjustment, the instructions further cause the electronic deviceto be configured to generate corresponding sensor adjustment policiesfor different folding status parameters by: determining a data changeamount or a data change range due to a first interference in the firstsensor data corresponding to the different folding status parameters,wherein a component of the electronic device in a folded state causesthe first interference to the first sensor compared with the electronicdevice in a non-folded state; and setting the sensor adjustment based onthe data change amount or the data change range.